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On Oct. 15, 1969, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington to protest the Vietnam War. But it was also Game 4 of the World Series, and NPR's Brian Naylor, then 14, knew where he had to be.
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As a young girl in Vietnam, Van-Anh Vanessa Vo wanted to be a traditional musician although it was a world dominated by men. She pestered a master teacher for three years before he finally gave in.
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In a new book, Nick Turse says the pressure on U.S. forces to produce a body count during the Vietnam War led to mass civilian deaths. "The idea," he says, "was that the Vietnamese, they weren't really people."
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Joint Base San Antonio is getting ready to honor America’s Vietnam veterans today; 3 million veterans are long overdue for a proper “welcome home.”About…
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Filmmaker Errol Morris focuses on history through the eyes of a single man in The Fog of War. The man is former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, whose imprint on global affairs includes Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the firebombing of Tokyo. Morris speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the film.