[Magdalen] Viet Nam Series.

[Sally Davies]

Might be same for me. The Vietnam war shared many characteristics with the Zimbabwean bush war/Chimurenga. Too much sadness, too many triggers. 

Sally D 

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> On 19 Sep 2017, at 10:39 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 9/19/2017 12:05 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>