Veteran John Fernandez remembers the lack of support he faced when he returned home from the Vietnam War. “What happened to ...
Anders was killed during the Vietnam War during Operation Junction City in March 1967. He received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and the National Defense Service Medal for his bravery. State ...
“Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival tends to get the same kind of treatment as Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.”. This 1968 jam is often used as an American, good ol’ boy anthem of sorts.
Fifty-four years after returning to the United States from two tours of duty in Vietnam, Mark Eckart received a welcome home celebration from complete strangers.
Why Mick Jagger doesn't like The Rolling Stones' political anthem 'Street Fighting Man' even though it's one of the band's ...
In addition to providing weapons and ammunition to foreign “revolutionary” forces during the Cold War (see CWIHP eDossier No. 25), official People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) military publications have ...
After Meeropol set the words to music, famed jazz singer Billie Holiday ... his song was about how the state had neglected Vietnam war veterans. John Flansburgh and John Linnell's 1990 album ...
There are more than 100,000 veterans living in Connecticut and more than 20% of them served in the Vietnam war.
Music has traditionally reflected what's going on in society, specifically with youth. What does a second Trump ...
Is it true that movies glamorize whatever they touch, no matter how horrific? And if a war movie isn’t to sound a warning against war, what purpose does it serve? Even if Truffaut’s wrong ...
Punk pioneer Terri Hooley chats to Sophie Clarke about getting arrested, foiling kidnappers, putting Belfast on the music map ...