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While it wasn't written about the Vietnam War, the song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by The Animals became an iconic song at the time, and now…
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Forty years ago, the U.S. withdrew its last troops from Vietnam, marking the end of what was then America’s longest and most wrenching war.On this edition…
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A new museum exhibit opens this morning in Johnston, honoring veterans of the Vietnam War. It was financed by an appreciative Iowan who was unable to…
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Web Extra: Reflections from Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, who recounts his prediction on the fall of Saigon soon after returning from an assessment in…
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On this date 40 years ago, two marines were killed in Saigon, including an Iowan; the last American combat deaths of the Vietnam War. Iowa Public Radio’s…
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Thirteen years, four months and one week after the death of the first American killed in open combat with the enemy, American troops withdrew completely…
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A recent poll shows that a majority of Americans (71%) now say the war in Iraq “wasn’t worth it.” That’s similar to sentiments from the Vietnam era about…
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The last two Americans killed in the Vietnam War, including an Iowa man, will be memorialized at the site of the old US Embassy in Saigon. Marines Darwin…
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Robin Williams' death earlier this week sparked many stories of how he touched the lives of his fans and the people he met.Today on River to River, Iowa…
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A recent poll shows that a majority of Americans (71%) now say the war in Iraq “wasn’t worth it.” That’s similar to sentiments from the Vietnam era about…