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Book Review: ‘Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death’ by Marc Leepson
Biographer tells the story of an iconic pro-military song and its effect on the soldier who wrote it and took it to the top single in the nation
Read More »Muhammad Ali Dies – Floating Like a Butterfly Into Eternity
Calling Muhammad Ali a fighter is like calling the Pope a priest – it does nothing to recognize the man's true significance.
Read More »Opera Review: ‘Glory Denied’ by Tom Cipullo at the Chelsea Opera (NYC)
Forceful, wrenching, and thought-provoking, 'Glory Denied' with a number of productions under its belt still deserves further exposure in our age of constant war, with the lessons of Vietnam yet to be learned. It should be considered one of the major operas of the 21st century so far.
Read More »Virginia Film Festival: Oliver Stone Revisits “Born on the Fourth of July”
Oliver Stone explains his anti-war views, making "Born on the Fourth of July," and his latest film on Edward Snowden.
Read More »Flash Fiction: Memorial Days of Future Past
Mom stands and looks at me with watery blue eyes. She feared losing Dad in Vietnam and instead lost him in a different war against cancer. No matter what the battle, the losses are the hardest thing to fathom or accept.
Read More »Vietnam Asks Korea to Cancel Vietnam War Celebrations
If South Korea chooses to go through with a 50th anniversary commemorative event, the repercussions could be serious – both economically and politically – because of bad blood between Korea and Vietnam over the Vietnam War.
Read More »Anthem Film Fest: Countryside vs. City – Two Wars
An attack on Vietnam veterans – I suddenly felt like I was back at UCLA in 1971.
Read More »TV Review: ‘American Experience’ – ‘JFK’
The American Experience examines the life and times of the 35th President of the United States.
Read More »Book Review: Reaper 6 by Andrew Rafkin
A riveting tale of Black Ops in Vietnam, from 1965-1968.
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