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Uncle Joe

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Sat Aug 24, 2024, 10:42 AM Aug 2024

50 years ago: CBS News report from Vietnam sparked U.S. outrage



Aug 5, 2015

It has been 50 years since a controversial report aired on CBS Evening News. Anchor Walter Cronkite showed Vietnamese homes burned by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War. CBSN's Kristine Johnson and Vladimir Duthiers take a look back.
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50 years ago: CBS News report from Vietnam sparked U.S. outrage (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2024 OP
This was 1965. It ended in 1975. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #1
That reminds me of Winston Churchill's quote Uncle Joe Aug 2024 #2
As an aside, the Gulf of Tonkin misinformation occurred sixty years ago this month. n/t John1956PA Aug 2024 #3

Uncle Joe

(65,520 posts)
2. That reminds me of Winston Churchill's quote
Sat Aug 24, 2024, 11:24 AM
Aug 2024

"Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else."

We can be slow learners, but I also believe the Internet is speeding up time in regards to public consciousness.

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