History

In the winter of my 13th year, I made a momentous life decision. I marched into my parents’ suburban kitchen and declared that when ...

A volunteer-only army outsources foreign wars to the poor and working class — one of the worst legacies of Vietnam, which was also fought mostly by less-privileged Americans.

It was Bonnie Raines’ job to case the joint. Her target: the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania. If all went according to pla ...

If all went according to plan, Raines and fellow anti-war activists would pull off a burglary that would go down in history as exposing J ...

As Ken Burns turns his documentary lens on Vietnam, WHYY’s Patrick Stoner examines five ways Hollywood has explored the war. ...

This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is ...

A Philadelphia video artist born in Vietnam is shooting a documentary chronicling his personal connection to scars the war left on the landscape.

This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is st ...

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“The Vietnam War” heaps ineptness upon ignorance upon immorality by policymakers and the military brass — all gui ...

This story is part of a WHYY series examining how ...

A company that had offices in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, reveals a sculpture at its Delaware headquarters in honor of 9/11 ...

It’s been more than 40 years since the Vietnam War ended. But for the combat nurses who served there, the de ...

Later this month, WHYY-TV will air Ken Burns and Lynn Novicks’ 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War. American forces withdrew ...

A Delaware filmmaker and veteran who’s been on and off the battlefield is working on a series of projects to preserve the voices of ...