Tag: Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam

• Human Experience of the Vietnam War: Full Essay

  I had previously posted a portion of this essay about eight months ago. Here it is in its entirety. The only additional thing that I will mention is that the part about the B52 bombers creating craters that swallowed soldiers was exactly what inspired the poignant scene that Martin’s father tells him about ‘Nam in…

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  October 12, 2013

  History & Culture, Vietnam

  B52 Raids in Vietnam War, human experience of war, Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky, Tim O’Brien, Vietnam War