[Magdalen] Viet Nam Series.

[Ann Markle]

There's just too much going on in my life this week! I did watch on Sunday,
and Monday's is on tonight at midnight. Tomorrow I'll watch tonight's. I
also refuse to give up watching Rachel Maddow at 9 pm, which curtails my
viewing even on the weeknights when I'm free.

On another note it's interesting to see the universal combination reaction
of horror and embarrassment in response to Little Donnie's address to the
UN.

And finally, what has happened to Mike Logsdon? Did he sign off, or just
disappear?

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:05 PM Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>
-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY