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First my deepest respect to every man and woman who served there. A truly thought provoking series. Points out the flawed decisions and thinking that not only brought on the war but caused it to last so long. Gut wrenching and pretty sad but definitely worth a watch. Again, deepest respect and admiration for all who served.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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I just finished the series. It was spectacular. I agree, those soldiers have my full respect.
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gt1953
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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I have the series on the DVR but not viewed at this time. The series sounds interesting to me as I had a low lottery number but never was drafted.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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I recorded it but haven't had time to watch.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:29 am Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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Just a couple of weeks ago they brought remains home of downed pilot.
58,000 that's a lot of people to lose. You need to google Everett Alvarez Jr. and find out what he has to say about Gulf of Tonkin. |
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TheDon
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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I tried watching the series on my ipad through the PBS app but now it wants me to "contribute" to my local pbs beneficiary to watch episodes 5-10
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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Might want to check local PBS affiliates in your area on the tele. I was able to DVR all 10 for free although had to wait a few weeks to capture all.
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ROCKOROD71
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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If you have a decent internet connection you should never be paying to watch any TV/movie ever again.
Death to cable!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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| Been watching recorded episodes, difficult to watch but totally engaging. What a mess that was. Thankfully I was too young at the time to know what was going on and had two brothers that missed it due to college and age. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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2,500,000 killed is the middle estimate between 1955-1975.
About 500 per year are still killed in this theatre from Bombs, mines, frags
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:45 am Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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| Abscate wrote: |
2,500,000 killed is the middle estimate between 1955-1975.
About 500 per year are still killed in this theatre from Bombs, mines, frags |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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| I watched the series on You Tube when it was running on PBS. Didn't feel like waiting for new episodes. Probably more links out now... |
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gt1953
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| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Burns Vietnam War Series |
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Still working through the series as missed episode 6 so now that we watched it spotted a VW 29~30 minutes into it all shot up. Was a right hand drive.
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