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My Lai massacre exhibit puts Vietnam War in broad perspective

April 6, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

We often honor the soldiers who fought, but forget that we had the luxury, as a country, to go to war where other people lived.

Today in history: LBJ declares he will not run again for president

April 2, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

On March 31, 1968, in a nationally televised address in which he largely talked about America’s sense of purpose in the world and the increasing divisiveness within the country over both domestic and foreign issues, President...

This week in history: Paris Peace Accords signed, Vietnam War draws down

January 26, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Forty-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords effectively removed the United States from the conflict in Vietnam.

This week in history: Indictments for conspiracy against draft laws

January 4, 2018 By Special to People’s World

It was the height of the Vietnam War and resistance to the war and the draft was widespread.

Burns and Novick’s PBS series “The Vietnam War”: Cautionary viewing advised

October 2, 2017 By Tony Long

As a human story, it’s hard not to have sympathy for the majority of the people in this documentary, regardless of ideology.