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Arnett, Peter
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Peter Arnett discusses the debates on policy and strategy relating to the Vietnam War and his experiences reporting for the Associated Press in Saigon beginning in 1966. Arnett was one of the last western reporters in…
Bui, Tin
Vietnamese language interview with Bui Tin, a writer and former colonel of North Vietnam, who speaks about Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…
Meadows, Charles
Chuck Meadows is a retired American Marine who was first deployed to Vietnam back in 1965. He details his training and his assignments while he was in Vietnam during the war and the multiple tours he participated in. He also describes what he saw and…
Nguyễn, Thị Hạnh Nhơn
Nguyen Thi Hanh Nhon was born in 1927 in Hue, Vietnam. Her father was a high-ranking official under Emperor Bao Dai. Under the French regime, she served in the corps of females assistants, which later became the corps of female soldiers under the…
Parker, James E.
James E. Parker, ex-CIA agent and author of 'Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War' (2008) and 'The Vietnam War: Its Ownself' (2015) discusses his perspectives on the Vietnam War based on his personal experience.
This interview is…
This interview is…
Rosenblatt, Lionel
Lionel Rosenblatt discusses his experiences as a former foreign service officer with the CORDS program in Vietnam, whose goal was to gain support from the rural population for the government of South Vietnam. He organized a way to evacuate by air…
Siemon-Netto, Uwe
Uwe Siemon-Netto discusses his experiences as a reporter in Vietnam starting in 1965, including his thoughts on the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre and the uncovering of the mass graves in Hue.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…
Siv, Sichan
Sichan Siv recalls his youth in Cambodia during the military conflicts in neighboring Vietnam and the emergence of the communist Khmer Rouge. He escaped the country for fear that he would endanger his family because of his education and his work as…
Turner, Robert Foster
University of Virginia School of Law professor, Dr. Robert Turner, discusses the United States involvement in Vietnam in the geopolitical context of international communist movements, Vietnamese nationalism, French colonialism in Indochina and…
Ut, Huynh Cong (Nick)
Huỳnh Công Út, known as Nick Ut, recounts his experiences as a photojournalist and his Pulitzer-prize-winning photo, that of the napalm bombing of the village of Trang Bang, where he photographed a nine-year-old unclothed and badly burned Kim Phuc…