Podcasts about Vietnam Era

In this thirtieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the tropical jungle of Vietnam's Annamese mountains. On a dark, rainy night in January of 1968, PsyWar Detachment Six - a six-man team and part of the US military's shadowy MACV-SOG Command - was conducting black operations meant to terrify and break the spirits of the Viet Cong. But in the end, no one will be scared more than the soldiers themselves... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. Thanks so much!For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Nov 2018 Historian David Parsons joins Breht for a deep and wide-ranging conversation on the Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation struggle, unforgivable American imperial war crimes, historical memory, and much more! David Parsons is an author, historian, and leftist podcast host of The Nostalgia Trap. Find The Nostalgia Trap here: https://nostalgiatrap.com/ Find his book, Dangerous Grounds: Antiwar Coffeehouses and Military Dissent in the Vietnam Era here: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469632018/dangerous-grounds/ The Documentary used for most of the clips in the show is "Hearts and Minds" (1974) ---------------------------------------------------- Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev Left at BuyMeACoffee.com/revleftradio Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio HERE Outro Beat Prod. by flip da hood

In this episode, we'll introduce you to someone whose gratitude toward Vietnam veterans is a matter of regular, intentional practice. She has turned “thank you for your service” into a lifestyle. Because if it hadn't been for Vietnam veterans, she says, she might never have known freedom.

Born in poverty in Texas Hill Country, President Johnson delivered an unsurpassed series of legislation, including the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act. Yet by 1968 he was so toxically unpopular that he decided against running again.Don's guest today (for the second time in a row!) is Mark Atwood Lawrence.Mark is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of ‘The Vietnam War: A Concise International History', ‘Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam' and ‘The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era'.Produced by Freddy Chick. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.

The Vietnam War is a defining chapter in American military history. But how did the US get so involved in this far away conflict? And when did those in command realise that they had to leave?To answer these questions in this first episode of our series about the Vietnam War, Don if joined by returning guest, Mark Atwood Lawrence.Mark is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of ‘The Vietnam War: A Concise International History', ‘Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam' and ‘The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era'.Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.

Kimberly Mitchell grew up in northern Wisconsin and became a highly accomplished military officer, but that hardly scratches the surface who she is — not to mention why. For those of you who reflect on the Vietnam War and ask yourselves what it was all for, Kim's story just might provide a pinpoint of light to shine on the answer.

Vancouver resident J. Ron Powers shares a moving tribute to Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans ahead of National Vietnam Veterans Day. Read the full letter at https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-our-vietnam-and-vietnam-era-veterans-hold-a-place-of-honor-in-our-community/ #VietnamVeterans #ClarkCountyWa #localnews #honorourvets #VancouverWA #VeteransDay

In this stirring epilogue to Episode 77, a former Navy SEAL finds a surprising and powerful way to pay tribute to his fallen friend. It's a heartwarming story full of tenacity and tenderness, reverence and providence… and most of all, teamwork.

Doyle Glass is not a Vietnam veteran. In fact, he never served in the military. But he has dedicated a significant chunk of his professional life to collecting and preserving the first-hand accounts of people who did. “You get inspired to do good things,” he says, “and to toughen up.”

In the final installment of this series, we take a closer look at the legacy of MACV-SOG, including the immediate aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia, coming home, controversy, vindication, and SOG's lasting impact.

In this installment of our three-part series on MACV-SOG, team members share personal stories of combat, injury, and loss as they conducted the eight-year "secret war" in Laos and Cambodia.

On January 16th, we hosted an in-person panel in Berkeley, CA to discuss media in the age of Trump, war and resistance, why it matters and how to stand in solidarity with those on the frontlines. The panel featured Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein, Nora Barrows-Friedman with Electronic Intifada and Green and Red Podcast co-host Prof. Robert Buzzanco. Here's the full audio of our panel. -------------------------------------------- * Bio// Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada and the co-host of the weekly EI Livestream. She has been reporting on Palestine for more than 20 years, and worked with Dennis Bernstein at Flashpoints from 2003-2010. * Bio// Dennis Bernstein is a poet, human rights reporter, host of Flashpoints on KPFA 94.1 Pacifica Radio. He is the author of Notebook 19, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon, and Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. * Bio//Robert Buzzanco is co-host of the Green and Red Podcast, a professor of history at the University of Houston, and author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era, Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life, and American Power, American People.

In this three-part series, we bring you stories of MACV-SOG, a highly classified special-operations unit that conducted covert, unconventional warfare missions in places where U.S. troops weren't supposed to go.

Join us on January 16th at 7pm for a panel on Media in the age of war and resistance. The panel will feature Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein, Nora Barrows-Friedman with Electronic Intifada and Green and Red Podcast co-host Prof. Robert Buzzanco. We're living in challenging times with crises around war in the Middle East, renewed McCarthyist attacks on free speech, corporate domination of everyday life and escalating climate disasters. We're also living in a time where large numbers of people have taken to the streets to confront those responsible for these crises. For decades, independent media has told the stories that corporate media has kept hidden. It has shined a light on the elites and corporations making profit from destruction of people and the planet. As we enter another Trump administration, radical independent media will be more important than ever. WHERE: The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; 1924 Cedar St. , Berkeley CA WHEN: Jan. 16th. Doors open at 7pm. Event begins at 7:15pm Virtual viewing: We'll also be live streaming the event on our Facebook Page RSVP: https://bit.ly/Jan16PanelEvent Join us as we discuss media in the age of war and resistance, why it matters and how to stand in solidarity with those on the frontlines. Bio// Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada and the co-host of the weekly EI Livestream. She has been reporting on Palestine for more than 20 years, and worked with Dennis Bernstein at Flashpoints from 2003-2010. Bio// Dennis Bernstein is a poet, human rights reporter, host of Flashpoints on KPFA 94.1 Pacifica Radio. He is the author of Notebook 19, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon, and Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. Bio//Robert Buzzanco is co-host of the Green and Red Podcast, a professor of history at the University of Houston, and author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era, Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life, and American Power, American People. Event hosted by the Green and Red Podcast, Aid and Abet, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee, Oil and Gas Action Network and Mt. Diablo Rising Tide

At department stores, tree lightings, parades, and office parties all over the world, Santa makes personal appearances around this time every year. You might be surprised to learn how many Vietnam veterans are... well, uh... let's say "involved" in those efforts. Among them is Fred Honerkamp, who was wounded in combat while serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969.

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When he was drafted in 1965, twenty-year-old Will Bowe went from his family's Wisconsin farm to the 1st Cavalry Division (AIRMOBILE) in Vietnam. Dropping onto the battlefield from helicopters, he and his fellow "Sky Troopers" quickly learned the profound meaning of “search and destroy,” and the brutal reality of the first helicopter war.

Early in his aviation career, Neil Hansen flew for the Teamsters during Jimmy Hoffa's final days. During the Vietnam War he flew for Air America, a civilian airline owned and operated by the CIA. For ten years in Southeast Asia, Neil flew in and out of places that nature never intended for aircraft — often under hostile fire.

Stuart Poticha, the youngest surgeon on faculty at Northwestern, received a phone call from a Colonel informing him he was going straight to Vietnam before his draft card ever arrived. At Basic Training, he couldn't hit a target feet from his face and generally refused calisthenics. His antics -- and those of his fellow doctors -- were tolerated only because "court-martialing a surgeon caused too much paperwork." But Stu Poticha could save lives. And the 12th Evac Hospital in Vietnam, where he was Chief of Surgery, did that better than anyone else.

In our third and final episode of this series, we take a broader look at the legacy of Vietnam Dustoff, including their lasting impact on modern aeromedical crews and operations.

* The photo above is of a great Fresno garage band called "The New Life."PLAYLIST: | 00:00 | DJ | DICK LEE AND THE ICEMAN | 00:28 | WHAT I'D SAY | BRYMERS | 01:13 | SACRIFICE | BRYMERS | 03:30 | WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE | ANIMALS | 07:17 | JUMPIN JACK FLASH | ROLLING STONES | 11:31 | FORTUNATE SON | CCR | 14:00 | FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH | BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD | 17:07 | IT'S A TIME OF TROUBLE | BRYMERS | 20:05 | CAN'T HELP MYSELF | FOUR TOPS | 23:13 | TURN TURN TURN | BYRDS | 28:02 | GOOD LOVIN | YOUNG RASCALS | 30:39 | GROOVIN | YOUNG RASCALS | 33:03 | COMMENDTS BY ANDRIAN CRONAUER |  | 34:49 | I FEEL GOOD | JAMES BROWN | 38:08 | LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE | MONKEES | 41:53 | MUSTANG SALLY | COMMITMENTS | 46:21 | R.O.C.K. IN THE USA | JOHN MELLENCAMP | 48:39 | LUCY IN THE SKY | BEATLES | 51:41 | RAG DOLL | FOUR SEASONS | 54:07 | EVIL WAYS | SANTANA | 56:28 | IMAGINE |  JOHN LENNON | 59:24 | HOLD ON I'M COMING | BRYMERS

Dustoff crews in the Vietnam War had a very clear sense of mission: to get the wounded to higher-level medical care within an hour. In this episode we'll learn more about the crew members, their training and teamwork, and the dangers they faced as they raced around the battlefields of Vietnam, risking their lives to save others.

On an Honor Flight full of Navy SEALs who served during the Vietnam War, we learn about the origins and training of the earliest SEAL teams and hear first-hand accounts of some of their triumphs and tragedies in Southeast Asia.

June is National PTSD Awareness Month and June 16th is Father's Day. In this episode we bring you an interview with a father and son who have traveled together on the long road from trauma to healing.

This week's guest is Jon Ghahate of Placitas, NM a Native American and a member of the Pueblos of Laguna and Zuni and of the Badger and Turkey clans.  Jon is a Vietnam-era veteran, a former educator, healthcare practitioner, journalist and father of three, including one who is blind. While in the U.S. Army Jon served as a physician's assistant.  He went on to be a public middle school and high school math and science educator as well as athletic coach for the public school system.He has also been a journalist for a national radio talk program and more recently an educator at the Crow Canyon Archeological Center in Colorado where he works with students and patrons to develop accurate, credible, and respectful narratives of Southwest cultures.Jon has a lot to say about being a Native American and is a wealth of knowledge about Native American culture. That's all on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad podcast.Show Notes -Email - badger_pro@msn.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-ghahate-13a5a2250/Website – https://crowcanyon.org/people/ghahate-jon/ YouTube – 1680 Pueblo Revolt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOEKN5Mb4QSpecial Fathers Network - SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 700+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated.  There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDFCvQimWNEb158ll6Q4cA/videosPlease support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/donate/Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/

Songs that defined the Vietnam Era in so many ways, still hold so much relevance today.

Bruce Springsteen's song “The Wall” was inspired, in large part, by a musician he idolized in his youth. Walter Cichon was the front man for a band called the Motifs, who were taking the New Jersey shore by storm in mid-to-late 1960's. Walter's voice was forever silenced in Vietnam when he was just 21 years old, but his indomitable spirit lives on through those who knew him — including, to a surprising degree, The Boss himself. For more information: https://www.vvmf.org/echoes/EP75/

There are echoes of the anti-war protests that swept the nation in the 1960's and 70's in the campus protests of today

Two veterans from the 1st Infantry Division tell a little of their experience serving in Vietnam.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Action Figures 1: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan". John Krasinski. 2: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round. punches. 3: In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 steps of this NYC building in 9 minutes 33 seconds. the Empire State Building. 4: In a tune by the Flaming Lips, Yoshimi battles some pink these; "she's a black belt in karate". robots. 5: In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds. Caltech. Round 2. Category: The Vietnam Era 1: Senator J. William Fulbright said his sponsorship of this resolution was one of his biggest political mistakes. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. 2: This "Where Are You Now, My Son" singer was noted for her anti-income tax and anti-war protests. (Joan) Baez. 3: David Dellinger and other activists figured this event in Chicago in 1968 would make a good site for a protest. the Democratic National Convention. 4: This former New York Times journalist's Vietnam books include "The Best and the Brightest" and "Ho". David Halberstam. 5: This man who often faced Kissinger across the bargaining table died in Hanoi in October 1990. Lê Đức Thọ. Round 3. Category: All-American Food 1: On Fridays many people like to chow down on this thick, creamy style of clam chowder. New England clam chowder. 2: This spicy poultry appetizer is popularly served with blue-cheese dressing and celery sticks. Buffalo wings. 3: You'll cover several food groups dining on this city's lettuce, baked beans and cream pie. Boston. 4: Some credit a Delmonico's chef with cooking up this dessert of ice cream covered in meringue and browned. Baked Alaska. 5: The Anchor Bar says it's the home of the original this deep-fried chicken dish with hot sauce and bleu-cheese dressing. buffalo wings. Round 4. Category: Puerto Rican Holidays 1: Jose Barbosa, who is honored on July 27, founded Puerto Rico's Republican Party on this patriotic American holiday. the 4th of July (Independence Day). 2: As elsewhere, it works out that this is the first Monday in September. Labor Day. 3: January 11 is the birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, founder of the 1st "Normal" one of these in Santo Domingo. school. 4: A royal-sounding January 6 holiday, or a 1999 George Clooney film. Three Kings Day. 5: Luis Munoz Rivera, who fought for Puerto Rico's autonomy from these 2 countries, has his own holiday. Spain and the United States. Round 5. Category: North American Languages 1: When traveling to a certain part of the U.S., you might be called a "malihini", meaning tourist in this language. Hawaiian. 2: About 4 million Canadians are unilingual speakers of this language. French. 3: As you might expect, Yucatec is a Mayan language spoken in Belize and Mexico on this peninsula. the Yucatan. 4: Nunavut means "our land" in the language of these people. the Inuit. 5: Nahuatl, Mexico's second-most widely spoken language, is also known by the name of this pre-Columbian people. Aztecs. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Josh and Tom talk about the blatant disrespect Nolan Arenado got in the MLB Top 10 rankings, but mainly they talk about Stanley Kubrick and Vietnam Era films. Tom finds a new "voice" at the end of the episode. Subscribe to our Patreon so we can buy a van: https://patreon.com/worstfansinbaseballpodcast Read our articles here: https://the-worst-blog-in-baseball.com Follow us on Twitter: @worstfanspod, @WorstFansTom, @WorstFansJosh, @budterracebro, @WorstFansNik --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worstfansinbaseball/support

Red Eagle Rael's tour started in February of 1968 in the Mekong Delta. The guys in his unit called him “Chief,” a common nickname for Native Americans serving in Vietnam. Highly decorated, Rael is a kind of living legend in New Mexico. In this episode we visit Picuris Pueblo, where Red Eagle grants a rare interview to share his story... or, at least, the parts that he is willing to talk about.

Few presidents have a darker mark on their resume that LBJ's handling of the Vietnam war. Though overwhelmingly popular at first, the war divided the nation and broke Johnson's political power just 4 years later.How did the United States get into Vietnam? Why didn't LBJ see what the American people saw as public opinion turned against it? And what can we learn from Johnson's handling of the war in Vietnam?Mark Lawrence, director of the LBJ Presidential Library & Museum in Austin and author of The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era, discusses the legacy of LBJ's leadership of the Vietnam War.Support the show

*  The photo on the left is from a Fresno station (KYNO).00:00 | DJ | DICKIE LEE AND THE ICEMAN00:28 | WHAT I'D SAY | BRYMERS01:13 | SACRIFICE | BRYMERS03:30 | WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE | ANIMALS07:16 | JUMPING JACK FLASH | ROLLING STONES11:25 | FORTUNATE SON | CCR13:49 | FOR WHAT ITS WORTH | BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD16:56 | IT'S A TIME OF TROUBLE | BRYMERS19:51 | CAN'T HELP MYSELF | FOUR TOPS22:59 | TURN TURN TURN | BYRDS27:48 | GOOD LOVIN | RASCALS30:25 | GROOVIN | RASCALS32:49 | INTERVIEW - ADRIAN CRONHAUER |  34:32 | I FEEL GOOD | JAMES BROWN37:54 | LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE | MONKEES41:37 | MUSTANG SALLY | COMMITMENTS46:06 | ROCK IN THE USA | JOHN MELLENCAMP43:29 | LUCY IN THE SKY | BEATLES53:16 | RAG DOLL | FOUR SEASONS56:53 | IMAGINE | JOHN LENNON59:31 | HOLD ON I'M COMING | BRYMERS

January, 1968. Fighting in Vietnam has been ongoing since the 1950s. Ho Chi Minh and the leaders of the communist forces in Hanoi have concocted a strategy for a decisive victory to end this conflict of attrition.What happened in the Tet Offensive? Who won? And why was it such a massive turning point for the Americans in Vietnam. We find out with Mark Atwood Lawrence, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin.Mark is the author of ‘The Vietnam War: A Concise International History', ‘Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam' and ‘The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era'.Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Anisha Deva. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, James Holland, Mary Beard and more.Don't miss out on the best offer in history! Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 for 3 months with code AMERICANHISTORYHIT1 sign up now for your 14-day free trial https://historyhit/subscription/You can take part in our listener survey here.

Imagine showing up to a call and taking sniper fire from a Vietnam Era sniper having a mental health crisis! Just one of Ronald Long's crazy calls from his 35 years in the field! Ron is a retired Sheriff, author, and lecturer. He spent over 35 years in the law enforcement and corporate fraud arenas (in Missouri & Texas), and now focuses on educational endeavors relating to drug education and guest lecturing. Ron is also the author of five law enforcement related books, along with writing articles for media outlets. In January, Ron will begin his new profession as a criminal justice professor in Texas. www.AuthorRonaldLong.com Facebook: Author Ronald Long Contact Steve - steve@thingspolicesee.com Support the show by joining the Patreon community today! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27353055           -Video of the interviews           -Vinyl TPS logo sticker           -Patron Shoutout            -Exclusive posts and direct messaging to Steve Please rate and review on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/things-police-see-first-hand-accounts/id1384355891?mt=2 Shop Merch / Subscribe / be a guest / Contact  www.thingspolicesee.com Join the FB community!  https://www.facebook.com/thingspolicesee/ Background consultation - Ken@policebackground.net

In episode 64, we introduced you to the Mobile Riverine Force, a joint Army-Navy task force that patrolled the brown waters of the Mekong Delta in an effort to disrupt the movement of enemy troops, weapons, and supplies. In this episode, we'll go a little deeper with stories of enemy engagement, environmental hazard, the lingering effects of the River Rat experience, and of course brotherhood and healing.

Drs. Jonathan Abel and Bill Nance meet with special guest LTC Andy Whitford, PhD, of the Department of Distance Education, about Britain during the Vietnam era. He outlines the difficulties of post-war and post-colonial Britain and how they influenced politics. He discusses Britain's efforts at mediation throughout the US-Vietnam conflict. He concludes by examining the British efforts to help refugees from the conflict. "History is only a confused heap of facts." - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, and Bill Nance Artwork: Daniel O. Neal Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band

Commander Task Force 117 was a joint Army-Navy effort to disrupt the movement of communist troops, weapons, and supplies through the Mekong Delta. It was the first time since the Civil War that American soldiers and sailors operated under a joint command. In this episode, veterans of the Mobile Riverine Force — known as “river rats” — share their stories.

Diane Carlson Evans picks a ten-year fight, facing enormous resistance from corners both surprising and unsurprising, resulting in the first memorial on the National Mall to honor the service of women in wartime.

It's an Oh Happy Day on the Jim Bakker Show today as Pastor Jim welcomes Miss Lillie Knauls and gets an update from The Bee Alive Team on their new product! Miss Knuals blesses the show by singing her 1969 hit on both the Gospel and Secular Music Charts! In the midst of the troubled Vietnam Era, the song hit #1 here and abroad. We'll also hear from The Bee Alive Team of Jason Balletta and Lori Balletta-Avgerinos as they explain the benefits of Royal Jelly as a Super Food and introduce their newest product, Defense Formula. See the Bee Alive Affiliate page on the Jim Bakker Show website.

From 1968 to 1972, Mobile Advisory Training (MAT) teams worked alongside the South Vietnamese Regional Forces and Popular Forces — known as Ruff Puffs — who were the units responsible for protecting their local villages and hamlets against communist attacks. Bob Blair, who led MAT Team 44 in 1971, shares his experiences in this episode.

Gus Kappler laughs a lot. If you met him in line at the grocery store, you'd never guess that he spent a year in Vietnam as a real-life Hawkeye Pierce performing unimaginable surgeries on young men with unspeakable injuries. It made him angry, and that hasn't changed. What has changed is the way he understands his anger… and how he deals with it.

In a remote mountain town, a father turns his devastating personal loss into a place for public healing and remembrance.

While pursuing his lifelong ambition of becoming an infantry platoon leader, John Hedley overcame a lot of obstacles. His reward at the end of that long, difficult road was a tour in Vietnam starting in July of 1969, where he would lead the Army's legendary red-scarved recon platoon known as Fox Force. John shares the story of that journey, his experiences in Vietnam, and a surprise ending that will boggle your mind and warm your heart at the same time.

SPECIAL 4TH OF JULY EPISODEWelcome to AT THE TABLEI believe we are to honor those who have given their lives to serve our country, so we can enjoy the freedoms we all enjoy, especially the freedom to worship Jesus. Skip Dent served in the Navy as a Corpsman during the Vietnam Era. In this SPECIAL 4TH OF JULY episode listen in as Skip talks about his experience joining the military after getting out of High School and what happened while he traveled with the Marines. As we celebrate our freedom as a nation and honor those who have served, let us celebrate our true freedom that we have in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you JESUS.AT THE TABLE:⁣⁣Check us out on our Social Media to get updates on upcoming shows:⁣⁣https://www.facebook.com/geoffmatero⁣⁣https://www.instagram.com/geoffmaterohttps://www.youtube.com/@geoffmateroIf you would like to contact Geoff  and be on the show, please head over to our website: ⁣⁣www.geoffmatero.com*If you like the show please leave us a review on any of the platforms this show is available. ⁣⁣*Recorded in 2021. Episode from Podcast "IN GOOD COMPANY".

In the wake of Operation Cedar Falls, tunnel-rat duties in the 1st Infantry Division were transferred to the 1st Engineer Battalion where men began to specialize in it. In this episode, we'll hear personal stories from members of the Diehard Tunnel Rats. [WARNING: This episode contains vivid descriptions of combat, injury, and death.]

In September 1969, African American journalist Wallace Terry reported on “another war being fought in Vietnam — between black and white Americans.” After the 1948 integration of the military, the U.S. Army had tried to be color blind, seeing not Black or white but just olive drab, but by 1970, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Gen. Walter T. Kerwin, noted: “In the past year racial discord has surfaced as one of the most serious problems facing Army leadership.” So in the midst of fighting a deeply unpopular overseas war, the military also created the Defense Race Relations Institute (DRRI) and developed mandated race relations training. Joining me to discuss race relations in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era is Dr. Beth Bailey, a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Kansas and Author of An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is “Old Soul Record” by Musictown from Pixabay and is free to use through the Pixabay license. The episode image is “Photograph of Specialist 4th Class McClanton Miller Kneeling in Dense Brush Waiting for Orders to Move Forward;” picture was taken January 23, 1966 and is available via the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NAID: 17331387; Local ID: 111-CC-33199) with no restrictions on use. Additional sources: “Vietnam War Timeline,” History.com, Published September 13, 2017 and Updated March 29, 2023. “Ho Chi Minh,” PBS American Experience. “Foreign Relations Of The United States, 1952–1954, Indochina, Volume XIII, Part 1,” Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State. “Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964),” National Archives and Records Administration. “Vietnam Lotteries,” Selective Service System. “Resistance to the Vietnam War,” by Jessica McBirney, Common Lit, 2016. “The Draft,” Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. “Vietnam War Protests,” History.com, Published February 22, 2010 and Updates November 1, 2022. “The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam,” by Sarah Kramer, NPR All Things Considered, August 29, 2018. “History,” Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. “Black and White in Vietnam,” by Gerald F. Goodwin, The New York Times, July 18, 2017. “Training for Vietnam, fighting for civil rights: Post an island of relative calm in a turbulent sea,” by Christine Schweickert, U.S. Army, May 14, 2015. “As we rethink the Vietnam War, we have to grapple with its racial implications,” by Hannah Gurman, The Washington Post, October 6, 2017. “African-American struggle for equality in Army during Vietnam still instructive,” by David Vergun, U.S. Army, February 25, 2014. “The military provides a model for how institutions can address racism,” by Margaret B. Montgomery, The Washington Post, June 23, 2020. “Serving without 'equal opportunity': Vietnam veterans faced racism at home and abroad,” by Erica Thompson, The Columbus Dispatch, Published December 3, 2020 and Updated December 9, 2020. “War within war,” by James Maycock, The Guardian, September 14, 2001. “Reflections On The Curse Of Racism In The U.S. Military,” by David Barno and Nora Bensahel, War on the Rocks, June 30, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The military is a microcosm of the society it protects and is thus subject to many of the same tensions experienced by the population at large. As the nation struggled with racism in the '60s and '70s, the Army experienced violence and discrimination in the barracks and in the field. The Army recognized that the organization could not function in this divisive environment and in the late '60s began to address racism and racial identity. Beth Bailey's new book, "An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era," chronicles the efforts that succeeded and those that failed. She's in the studio with podcast host Ron Granieri to explain how "seeing only OD" was an earnest yet flawed approach.

By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of "same mud, same blood" were over, and by the end of the decade, a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured.  In An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era (UNC Press, 2023), acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the Army experienced, defined, and tried to solve racism and racial tension (in its own words, "the problem of race") in the Vietnam War era. Some individuals were sympathetic to the problem but offered solutions that were more performative than transformational, while others proposed remedies that were antithetical to the army's fundamental principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating arc where the army initially rushed to create solutions without taking the time to fully identify the origins, causes, and proliferation of racial tension. It was a difficult, messy process, but only after Army leaders ceased viewing the issue as a Black issue and accepted their own roles in contributing to the problem did change become possible. Beth Bailey is Foundation Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Kansas. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies