My name is jan mason. And i didnt ive been that we all like to know things we like to be in the know but whats paramount importance for an investigative journalist is to know when we dont know something. And im guessing thats true for our historians to Buzz Bissinger is not a military man. He grew up raised by World War Two veteran. But like so many World War Two vets, his dad, not one to regale the family with war stories around the dinner table. Buzz doesnt have firsthand stories or even secondhand stories about. War to share. But what he does have is an extortion naturally inquisitive mind, a mind that changed the landscape of sports forever. In 1990, with publication of friday night lights ushering in a new era in genre. I think about it those investigative sports documentaries that we all love, they started to show up after 1990. What this mans mind apart is his infinite ability ask but why. Asking that kind of question about its complicated. Asking that kind of question about the
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Vietnam. One of those episodes focuses on the tet offensive. Documents and photographs from the National Archives and its president ial libraries described the attacks and their consequences but particular blow to American Public opinion of the war was the vietcong infiltration of the u. S. Embassy in saigon represented in the exhibit by a map of the defense of the embassy. And a memo describing the breach. If you have not already gone to the exhibit, i encourage you to come back and spend time there remembering vietnam, explores the war not only through documents but through interviews with american and vietnamese veterans and civilians and firsthand experience of the wars events. Now i ask all Vietnam Veterans or any United States veteran who served on active duty at any time during the period november 1, 1955, to may 15, 1975 to stand and be recognized. [applause] veterans, as you exit the mcgowan theater, volunteers will present each of you with the Vietnam Veterans lapel pin. On t
Place. Mark bowden will join the discussion. He is the author of hue 1968. We are live. Welcome. Im peter prichard, chair of the museum, and we are here tonight oakmark the opening to mark our opening of our latest exhibit. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if you are a millennial, i will explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by viet cong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the night of january 30th, 1968. And i remember it well, because i was an intelligence clerk with mac fee at the time. Our exhibit showcases the work of john olson, who, like me, was a young army draftee. John was a photographer for Stars Stripes, the militarys daily newspaper. And he spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the vietnam war. This innovative exhibit features 20 large format photographs
Were waiting for this discussion on the vietnam wars tet offensive to get under way. Participating in the discussion tonight, mark bowden, the author of hue 1968, former Stars Stripes combat photographer john olson and three marines who fought in hue. Stand up for freedom, knowing well be free one day. I always think of the newseum as the home of freedom. I dont know where this nation would be. I dont know where i would be today without the guarantees of the First Amendment. Theres a war against information. Theres a battle over who controls information. What a democracy should do in talk about it. Engage in the news. Be a citizen of the world. Give a damn. We must come to see with one of our distinguished jurists that justice too long delayed is justice denied. Religion and our beliefs are part of peoples core identities. Very interesting to feel that you are protected by law and you have support to pursue your life freely. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the newseums theater. Im c