August 4, 1964 – A Tonkin State Of Mind – LBJ Addresses Gulf Of Tonkin Indicent
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Category: Vietnam War
The Pentagon Papers: The Public’s Right To Know – 1971 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
The Pentagon Papers And The Public’s Right To Know – NBC Radio Special – June 30, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Pentagon Papers – one of the biggest scandals of the 1970s. A scandal which many think had some hand in ending the Vietnam War, certainly changing
Pushing An Unpopular Cause, Making An Unconvincing Case – Dean Rusk – July 30, 1967
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July 20, 1965 – The Gloomy Message From Saigon
– WCBS News + CBS World News Roundup – July 20, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sixty-one years ago today, we were looking at a Summer awash with gloomy reports, agitated people and uncertain times. After a whirlwind 5-day fact-finding tour of South Vietnam, Defense Secretary McNamara boarded
Selling A War: West Point And Vietnam – 1966 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– ABC Radio – The Thin Grey Line – June 8, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In 1966 the groundswell of discontent over U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Southeast Asia was increasing in intensity. Questions were raised as to why we were there in the first place. Sure, we
Investigating The CIA – 1975 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
– NPR – National Town Meeting – Investigating The CIA – December 5, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seems National Security, Surveillance, The CIA and overdoing it have been matters of concern for a long time. In the 1970s there was that matter of involvement in overthrowing elected governments
May 11, 1975 – The New Phrase In Our Lexicon – Boat People
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – May 11, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. May 11th came on a Sunday in 1975. And as is always the case, Sunday is reserved for recapping the main news stories of the week. The week ending May 11th in
May 9, 1970 – Day Of Protest – Day Of Rhetoric – March On Washington
With the horror of Kent State only five days earlier still fresh in everyone’s mind, the protests continued and grew. President Nixon defended his Southeast Asia policy as the road to the quick peace his critics demand, while indicating a willingness to listen to the demonstrators gathered by the thousands
May 4, 1970 – Kent State: Killing Season 1970
Hard to imagine 56 years ago the conversation regarding the Vietnam War took an abrupt turn – but the abrupt turn was in a violent way. Prior to this, the Anti-War movement had been largely peaceful, and growing in numbers. The straw came in the form of a U.S. led
March 31, 1971 – The Lt. Calley Verdict
March 31, 1971 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 31, 1971 – Lt. William Calley, convicted in the massacre of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968 was handed the sentence on this day. The jury was given only one of two possibilities