[Magdalen] Viet Nam Series.

[Jay Weigel]

I. Just . Cant. Too emotional for me.

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I watched it Sunday night and have set the recorder.  However, I didn't
> realise until this moment that it's on every night, not weekly.  I'll get
> to it all in due course, but I'm out a lot during the week.  Very
> interesting so far!!!  A lot of 'who knew?' moments.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
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> On 9/19/2017 12:05 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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>> I'm surprised that no one has commented on the ongoing USA
>> PBS Network series (Burns, et al) about the Viet Nam War.
>> This is a very much in depth group of mostly 2 hour sessions
>> on that difficult and unpopular conflict and extending through
>> two weeks.
>>   I suppose that any American under, say, 45, would have relatively
>> less interest in the series, and even for those of us who lived  through
>> and remember the Viet Nam War, the subject is often approached
>> with ambivalence.
>>   In any case, I am watching and following this documentary series
>> with considerable interest, as it is calling into question many of my
>> opinions and beliefs about the War.  For example, I always  thought
>> of the leader of North Viet Nam, Ho Chi Min, as a routine Communist
>> thug, but the series paints a much different picture.
>>   The Viet Nam War had a profound affect on me because I was
>> drafted and then allowed to accept a commission as a Captain
>> in the US Army Medical Corps in February of 1966, and was then
>> allowed (nicely!) to finish my dermatology residency at  UM-Minneapolis
>> Medical School and entered active duty at Ft. Sam Houston, San
>> Antonio, TX in August, 1966.
>>   I was assigned to a duty station at Frankfurt/M, Germany after a
>> two month entrance training, but discovered that to take this  position,
>> I had to give them 3+ years instead of the usual draftee two years.
>> It was considered a "plum" assignment.  It was.  Living in  Europe
>> for more than three years made a profound impact on me and the
>> family, and it was all "thanks" to the Viet Nam War.
>>     David S.
>>
>>
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