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Ken Burns Vietnam series
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Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 2:50 PM

Anybody catch the first episode last night? I thought it was pretty good.

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I thought it was excellent...


Sep 18, 2017, 2:56 PM

Loved how he setup what led us into that War. I always thought it was to stop communism from spreading, which it was, but I liked learning how Vietnam got to the point where Socialist/Communist societies were setting up.

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No thanks


Sep 18, 2017, 2:57 PM

He's the male version of Jane Fonda.

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Sep 18, 2017, 3:00 PM

But a little less masculine.

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Sep 18, 2017, 3:30 PM [ in reply to No thanks ]

My dad did a tour and wouldn't #### on her if she was on fire but even he enjoyed it.

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I thought is was very good - is somewhat........


Sep 18, 2017, 3:00 PM

controversial from what I'm reading about it today but Ken Burns said that he knew it would be. Yeah, he revealed a lot of what most Americans don't know about why we got into Vietnam in the first place. Am looking forward to the rest of the episodes as he continues to interview both American and Vietnamese (North and South) veterans.

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Sep 18, 2017, 3:06 PM

I caught most of it and will watch the rest tonight. A lot of information I wouldn't have known. Love the Civil War Series Ken did.

Did you see the hour episode on the USS Indianapolis?

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Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 3:25 PM

Not yet, hoping to this week

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Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 3:30 PM

Didn't see it or plan to, being there was enough.

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Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 3:31 PM

Understood. Thank you for your service sir.

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Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 4:00 PM [ in reply to Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series ]

My Dad was in WW2 and said the same thing when I asked him if he wanted to go see "Saving Private Ryan". I am wondering if you think there was a valid reason that we should have been over there. It seems after the French hauled-ass we would have seen the writing on the wall and stayed out of it.

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Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 4:49 PM

There is a lot of money in war.

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Re: Ken Burns Vietnam series


Sep 18, 2017, 5:16 PM

I thought it was really good.
I learned a lot about what led the US to choose to back the south.
It came across to me that we were perfectly fine with Ho Chi Min and would have backed the nationalist cause (even though they were communists) but then the French wanted their colonies back after WW2 and since we were pals with the French we had to back their pal in the region in turn.
Dang French!

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