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Vietnam: The war that was waged in my head
In the winter of my 13th year, I made a momentous life decision. I marched into my parents’ suburban kitchen and declared that when ...
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Who fights our wars? Other people’s children
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.
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Philly couple who exposed Vietnam-era FBI secrets say democracy needs whistleblowers
It was Bonnie Raines’ job to case the joint. Her target: the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania. If all went according to pla ...
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Philly activists who burglarized Hoover’s FBI call for more whistleblowers
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 ...
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Five ways Hollywood looks at Vietnam [video]
As Ken Burns turns his documentary lens on Vietnam, WHYY’s Patrick Stoner examines five ways Hollywood has explored the war. ...
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The Philly Vietnam wall still speaks to and for many [video]
This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is ...
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Video artist traces the scars of war from South Philly to Vietnam
A Philadelphia video artist born in Vietnam is shooting a documentary chronicling his personal connection to scars the war left on the landscape.
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This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is st ...
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18 years ago today, Tropical Storm Floyd dumped excessive rainfall, spurring record flooding
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‘It’s hard to take pride in a war that, by any definition, we lost’
“The Vietnam War” heaps ineptness upon ignorance upon immorality by policymakers and the military brass — all gui ...
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Architect of Philadelphia’s Vietnam memorial talks about why he served and why he protested
This story is part of a WHYY series examining how ...
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Sculpture marks Delaware company’s escape from 87th floor on 9/11 [video]
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 ...
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‘Blood smells the same,’ but for Vietnam nurses, the war never ends
It’s been more than 40 years since the Vietnam War ended. But for the combat nurses who served there, the de ...
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‘It’s complicated’: U.S. history teachers still grapple with Vietnam War
Later this month, WHYY-TV will air Ken Burns and Lynn Novicks’ 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War. American forces withdrew ...
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Delaware man honors Vietnam veterans with oral history project
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 ...
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