1970 Kent State Photographs
Howard Ruffner talked about the photos he took on May 4, 1970, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio during an anti-Vietnam War protest. M…
1,404 viewsHoward Ruffner talked about the photos he took on May 4, 1970, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio during an anti-Vietnam War protest. M…
1,404 viewsOn April 23, 1968, several hundred Columbia University students gathered to protest the Vietnam War and the university’s plan to build a gym on a public park. After tearing down a constructi…
1,815 viewsVirginia Lee Dornheggen recounted her time as a U.S. Army nurse during the Vietnam War. She described injuries she treated, the night the hospital came under fire, and the job’s impact on he…
1,836 viewsThree former Vietnam War POWs appeared before a gathering of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen to talk about their ordeal a half-century ago. The last of the American POWs returned from Vietnam …
1,096 viewsBeth Nguyen recalled her experience growing up in America after her parents fled Saigon when she was eight months old. This event was part of the 2023 Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison…
104 viewsFormer USA Today editor-in-chief and Vietnam War veteran Peter Prichard discussed his novel, Killing Grace, about a murder that takes place during the war. He also talked about his experienc…
289 viewsHenry Kissinger talked about U.S. policy during the Vietnam War, his role, and the lessons learned from the conflict. He also responded to questions from the audience. Topics included Americ…
2,412 viewsHenry Kissinger was interviewed about his book, Crisis: The Anatomy of Two Major Foreign Policy Crises, published by Simon and Schuster. The book reveals the inner workings of diplomacy at t…
1,003 viewsVice President Kamala Harris paid her respects at a memorial honoring service members who gave their lives in the Vietnam War. She also spoke briefly to reporters about the protests against …
255 viewsPresident Biden laid a wreath at the John McCain Memorial in Hanoi, Vietnam. John McCain, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1987 until his death in August 2018, served in the Navy and in th…
86 viewsHillsdale College military history professor Mark Moyar talked about the second volume of his history of the Vietnam War, which covers the years 1965-1968. This event was held at the Nixon L…
364 viewsHofstra University U.S. history professor Carolyn Eisenberg talked about the Vietnam War during the Nixon/Kissinger years. This virtual event was hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, D…
414 viewsTo mark the 50th anniversary of the return of American POW’s from Vietnam in 1973, author Alvin Townley talked about their harrowing experience and the work of the National League of POW-MIA…
861 viewsVietnam after the American war ended in 1973 was discussed by Columbia University historian Lien-Hang Nguyen, former U.S. ambassador to Vietnam Raymond Burghardt, and former Washington Post …
396 viewsAuthors who have written acclaimed accounts of the Vietnam War talked about their work and lessons learned from the conflict. Speakers included writers Philip Caputo, Frances FitzGerald, and…
358 viewsVietnam War veterans and former U.S. Senators Chuck Hagel and Bob Kerrey were among those who looked back at the end of the conflict that divided the country. Former Vietnam War corresponden…
596 viewsDaniel Weiss, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, talked about the life of poet and musician Michael O’Donnell, who went missing in action during the Vietnam War after the h…
1,369 viewsThe Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted a virtual discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which were signed on January 27, 1973, in an effort t…
226 viewsThis film by the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department documents a series of anti-Vietnam War actions by about 45,000 protesters in 1971. Blocking access to government buildings and …
2,106 viewsDouglas Kennedy of the U.S. Air Force Academy taught a class on Vietnam’s War’s “Operation Rolling Thunder” air campaign, which took place from 1965-68. He described goals of the campaign, s…
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