Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with William D. Ehrhart [1], 1982

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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Raw Footage
Interview with William D. Ehrhart [1], 1982
Producing Organization
WGBH
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-707wm14w47
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Description
Series Description
This 13 part series covers the history of Vietnam from France's colonial control, through the 1945 revolution, to the 1975 U.S. evacuation from Saigon and the years beyond. The series' objective approach permits viewers to form their own conclusions about the war.
Raw Footage Description
William Daniel Ehrhart is an American poet, writer, scholar and Vietnam veteran. He discusses his decision to join the Marines at age seventeen, that it was considered a duty. But in Vietnam he saw what he considers atrocities - not stereotypically brutal acts but smaller ones, like destroying village food supplies, that were almost forms of entertainment for bored troops. He questions the "hearts and minds" efforts that ignored basic Vietnamese customs and talks of his struggles with his return to civilian life.
Asset type
Raw Footage
Subjects
United States--History--1945-; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Military history, Modern--20th century; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH
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Identifier: V_7E493E4C071E455791731AFA719E858F (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
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Citations
Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with William D. Ehrhart [1], 1982,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 27, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-707wm14w47.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with William D. Ehrhart [1], 1982.” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 27, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-707wm14w47>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with William D. Ehrhart [1], 1982. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-707wm14w47