Decade talking about their books. You can watch our series at 4 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Announcer 2 three College Professors discuss the ways they teach about u. S. Involvement in the vietnam war. Panelists talk about their personal participation in peace and Antiwar Movements and how those experiences translate into their classrooms. This discussion was part of a conference in washington, dc posted in conjunction with the waging peace in vietnam traveling exhibit. And with that, i want to begin with two things. First, there are so many people here to credit. There are so many people who helped create exhibit which is now on the second floor in the atria. If you havent seen it, we invite you to go down during lunch, take a look at it. You have heard a lot about the book waging peace in vietnam. Com, what you havent heard about the publisher which is new village press, distributed by nyu. We are fortunate to have the director of the press Lynn Elizabeth i
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Wayne smith who served as a combat medic during vietnam. We wanted to get home. We just wanted to survive. And yet there is an enormous guilt that stays with me and many my brothers and sisters today that we should have known better. We should have been sitting where you are. That we should have been more active, more informed, and more in opposition to that war. Amy all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. As the nation celebrates memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. Fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 3500 u. S. Marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u. S. Ground war in vietnam. That same day, in alabama, state troopers beat back civil rights protesters in selma trying to walk over the Edmund Pettus bridge. Weeks later, the first teachin against the vietnam war was held at the university of michigan. By 1968, the u. S. Had half a million troops in vietnam. The war continued until apr
Challenge all forms of injustice. Amy memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. Fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 40 years after it ended. Vietnam the power of protest. That was the number of a Conference Held in washington d. C. We will hear from ron dellums Pat Schroeder, tom hayden and wayne smith who served as a combat medic during vietnam. We wanted to get home. We just wanted to survive. And yet there is an enormous guilt that stays with me and many my brothers and sisters today that we should have known better. We should have been sitting where you are. That we should have been more active, more informed, and more in opposition to that war. Amy all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. As the nation celebrates memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. Fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 3500 u. S. Marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u. S. Ground war in vietnam. That same day,
Fifty years ago, I joined in protests against the Vietnam war. Today the mainstream media is smearing pro-Palestine student protests in ways that are even worse than how we were slandered back then.