by Michael F. McNamara | Sep 28, 2017 | Current Events, Vietnam
Marines in Vietnam
The Gunner briefly gives his thoughts on the “protest” controversy in the NFL (he’s not watching any more) and then the Boys discuss their thoughts on watching the Ken Burns series that is airing on PBS entitled “The Vietnam War.”
There are things from the series that have made an incredible impression on them: (1) the lies that Cabinet Secretaries told, (2) the nobility of those who believed and fought, (3) a flaming B-52 falling from the sky at night, (4) POW reunions with their families, (5) Jane Fonda making broadcasts about American POW’s and called their execution justifiable, (6) the lies of three Presidents and (7) Richard Nixon’s criminality.
Mike Musselman and Mike McNamara agree on one thing, the American’s who fought in Vietnam, who came home to be treated terribly, who became our teachers and coaches ARE “THE GREATEST AMERICAN GENERATION” — no other group has been asked to give as much as they given.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Sep 28, 2017 | Current Events
For me, one of the most distressing things about watching the 10 part PBS series is that the nation repeated the mistakes of Vietnam in Iraq and later (although not initially) in Afghanistan.
We’ll also discuss a 2016 Rand Corporation study on Transgender Military service.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Sep 26, 2017 | Current Events, Leadership, PBS -- The Vietnam War, Vietnam
Capt Tom Draude, USMC
Republic of Vietnam, 1970
Advisor to Vietnamese Marines
With 1stLt Tri (who had graduated from the The Basic School, Quantico VA)
Tom Draude, BGen USMC (ret) has watched each episode of the Ken Burns series “The Vietnam War” that is airing on PBS he joined us to share his thoughts on the series. Like many, he has watched with interest the interviews with North Vietnamese Army soldiers and Viet Cong fighters; he’s also been keenly interested in how the experience of those who lost family members has been conveyed to the audience.
Draude also talks candidly about post-Vietnam Marine Corps life and how many officers put the experience away and didn’t speak of it, even with subordinates, which in retrospect was a mistakes.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Sep 21, 2017 | Current Events, Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
1961-1968
I received an email from Ohio that asked if Robert McNamara being treated with kid gloves by Ken Burns? He was the arrogant architect of the Vietnam War — is he being given a pass.
We’ll talk about it.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Sep 20, 2017 | Current Events, Vietnam
Bob Nilsson
Capt USMC
Founder, 100 Entrepreneurs Project
Bob Nilsson was Captain of Engineers in the Marine Corps and fought in Vietnam 1966-1967. He reacts to episode #3 of Ken Burns The Vietnam War documentary.
An interesting part of the series is how it has animated the community of Vietnam veterans. Will this be a fair account of a complex war? Or, will it be another screwing-over of the their community?
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