Physical and psycho logical trauma that our veterans faced after the war and continue to face today. In the bitter and sometimes hostile reception that they received from their fellow americans. And to guide us in this exploration are three experts. Your panelists. The first is dr. Grace liam galloway. Dr. Galloway has spent over 40 years dedicated to the care and welfare of the underprivileged, veterans, the homeless, and children with food insecurities. From 1967 to 1970, dr. Galloway was a medic at the third Field Hospital in cue chi and vong to you mass units in the republic of vietnam. Today, she is a Nurse Practitioner at the Community Free clinic in concord, New Hampshire north carolina. Mr. Jan scruggs is a decorated veteran of the vietnam war where he served as a corporal in the 199th light Infantry Brigade of the u. S. Army. And he went on to become the founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans memorial fund, the catalyst for the memorial known as the wall on the mall on
Www. Cspan. Org. Up next on the presidency. President ial aides to discuss the role of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon during the vietnam war. Alexander butterfield and tom johnson explore the foreign policies of the president s they worked for. Emotional burdens they faced during the conflict. Part of the threeday conference at the lyndon b. Johnson president ial library. It is called the vietnam war summit. You can find Schedule Information at cspan. Org. This program is about an hour. Please welcome the director of the lbj president ial library. Mark on may 22, 1971 the crowd assembled on the university of texas grounds to dedicate this library. 2100 antiwar protesters were kept from interrupting the proceedings by a phalanx of highway patrolman. Their chance of no more war carried by high winds and accompanied by the pounding of trashcan lids were clearly heard. By former president Lyndon Johnson and his assembled guests including president nixon. It was an apt metaphor. The vietn
Panel, dr. Galloway, mr. Scruggs, and your moderator joe klein. Welcome to austin. [applause] joe good afternoon, everybody. Time thate second ive been privileged and honored to sit on the stage. Both times, the topic was veterans. Time, i was accompanied by three spectacular young veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. Called recent book is charlie might, which means continued mission in military jargon. It was about the veterans of. Hose wars to me, its very interesting to spend time with them as i have over the last four years. I embedded in iraq and afghanistan with them and also to spend time with veterans of my era, of the vietnam war. This since theay wars were equally silly, but they have had an easier time than you guys had. Hey were all volunteers many of them volunteered on september 12, 2001. They went over as units and came back as units. Vietnam veterans went over alone and came back alone. Because of the experience of Vietnam Veterans, the doctors and many clinicians
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