"The Vietnam War- Forty Years Later" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Mar 2015 10:09 p.m. PST |
"April 30th will mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam. Those who keep track of such things note U.S. involvement in that war lasted ten years, from 1965 to 1975. A generation later, how are Americans remembering and relating to this war that claimed nearly 60-thousand American soldiers and a countless number of Vietnamese? Vietnam seems easy to forget, with the Gulf war, Bosnia and the Afghanistan quagmire still in progress, not to mention the Iraq invasion which spawned the current crop of Muslim extremists known as ISIS. One new book addresses Vietnam in an interesting way: Through the eyes of an 18-year old, whose father was killed in the conflict. The novel, ‘When Saigon Surrendered' is primarily set in 1975 Kentucky, when Americans were already anxious to forget Vietnam…"
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