then we have a general running things in saigon. his picture is on the slide, and he is the counterpart in the south. before the war began, the north vietnamese are obtaining significant support from the chinese and the soviets. there are countless other countries that offer materials, political and moral support, but what really announce hanoi to -- ultimately, when really allows hanoi to reach that war is the material support they get from the chinese and the soviets. in saigon, we have the americans, obviously, who provide significant military and economic assistance. unbeknownst to other people, there are other countries who contribute assistance, including troops to the anti-communist struggle. he probably cannot recognize these. beyond the u.s., we have the white flag with the little circle, south korea, very good. what is the one next to it? australia. the one above it? excellent. very, very good. the thais are one of the rare asian countries with the red, white and blue flag. there will be thai troops in vietnam. there will

in the american embassy and saigon, the spanking new american embassy saigon. any problem here? >> it is supposed to be a bastion of safety and security. prof. faulker: what do we say an embassy is? they did not get into the building, though there is debate back and fourth, but you are getting these guys in the center of the american embassy in saigon. any problem with that? >> you are winning under a normal program and know your own embassy is attacked. prof. faulker: how about that picture on the far right? how about that picture on the far right? >> they say they are to help the people in the south, but the context of this picture, we don't know what is happening. we have a person whose arms are bound being shot execution style on the street. when at that point, he is not threat. prof. faulker: the police chief of saigon. >> correct. prof. faulker: if you are seeing these images on your television, what you thinking? >> what is going on. prof. faulker: we are absolutely losing. what is a credibility gap? >> a leadership cap. prof. faulker: what is the problem with the credibi

this american bridge over the saigon river.d fling down their salvo rockets. soldiers behind me are firing at viet cong units who are 500 yards away, no more. this is the closest the fighting has ever come in saigon since the communist offensive in 1968. reporting from abc news, saigon. >> now there are reports that the communists have the city within artillery range, at least the airport. >> many americans on the ground in south vietnam at that time felt a serious obligation to vietnamese whom they had worked with and knew. >> they were running in panic, not because they were on their heels but the threat that they were coming. >> the city was suddenly choked with people and cars all chasing one american evacuation convoy after the other. >> i'd borrowed a truck with a bogus embassy license plate on it and stuffed people in the truck and drove them through the gate. >> the airport received sporadic rocket fire from communist forces closing in on the city. >> minutes later came the report that all americans are to be evacuated

escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon in 1975. he described the tactics of both sides and outlined how the south vietnamese were supported by america forces, while the north vietnamese received supplies from brill -- from both china and the soviet union. he argued that the united states was in vietnam to prove the viability of capitalism and the american system of government. his class is about one hour and 15 minutes. aboutasselin: we talked the lead up to the american intervention in vietnam on tuesday. we are going to look at the war today. before we jump into the actual any questions concerning the stuff we covered on tuesday? no. i am that good, aren't i? [laughter] prof. asselin: i want you guys to pay especially good attention today. this is the only thing i am actually qualified to teach. [laughter] prof. asselin: i did not know there was a war in korea until i read your textbooks. the vietnam war is my thing. i have tried to present relatively concise history of the war. hopefully it makes some sense to you. on tuesday, w

think that the flourishing underground press was of response in a way to what the journalists in saigon called the 5:00 follies which was the nightly official u.s. news broadcasting that was done at 5:00 where people came out of the hotel bars and wherever else they were hanging out in saigon to listen to the american official press releases. but the young journalists covering it by this time for sure had concluded as had a many vets coming back that the war was a war of occupation and imperial power and could not be won. >> a former national park service chief historian and editor of the u.s. constitution and secession. he offers the amendments considered by congress right before the outbreak of the civil war that sought to address the secession crisis. the site in st. louis hosted this one hour talk. >> so to introduce dr. dwight, he earned his phd from texas

kilometer but the frenchman was caught with last in three hundred meters to go slovakia's paid in saigon showed his strength and added to his victories on stages two i'm five winning this time by just how often we'll always alexander christophe took second ahead of france's i've no demaio to slovak ryder was delighted with his win very happy it's a one today very nice for me and thanks to all my team mates as they did again very good job teams guy ryder and aaron thomas held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey but saigon extends his lead in the green jersey points classification. that the for me for now you are watching detail than any is coming to life from right and my name is anna and we in the back again at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that on days of any topic stay with us. iran. wants an isolated shocker seems now a major power in the middle east. dear ones influence continues to grow politically economically and above all millet.

kilometer but the frenchman was caught with less than three hundred metres to go slovakia's paid in saigon showed his strength and added to his victories on stages two and five winning this time by just how full we'll norway's alexander christophe took second ahead of france's i've no duma to slovak writer was delighted with his win very happy the one today is very nice for me and thanks to all my team mates. it again very good job team sky rider and baron thomas held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey but saigon extends his lead in the green jersey points classification. and the german football federation known as the d.f.a. is facing allegations of mismanagement germany where unceremoniously and emanations in the wet cups group stages defending champions and finger pointing continues this time from a former national team great who is also the chairman by munich. the other through it all looks so hopeful for team germany when they were at their training camp in preparation for the world cup they were on top of the world and had no idea they would quickly come crashing down former ge

very good job teams guy ryder and baron thomas held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey but saigon extends his lead in the green jersey points classification. with the football well done and dusted top clubs are racing to sign the tournament stand a player is how well that usually means it's most buoyant attackers this year it's a goalkeeper who has gone into the record books after joining their side liverpool for an eye watering. alison becker is now the world's most expensive goalkeeper liverpool paid roma almost seventy five million euros for the twenty five year old the brazilian international didn't concede any goals in seventeen of his thirty seven serious appearances for roma last season the transfer fee breaks a record held by the italian ledgett. in two thousand and one he was bought by you vent is from parma for the record price tag of almost fifty three million euros but the prices paid for boo fall in alice and it pales in comparison with the most expensive gold scores p.s.g. teammates kilian in bombay cost one hundred thirty five million euros while neymar the most cos

when say gon saigon fell in 1975 we tried to preserve south vietnam. it was incredible by comparison. it's very important to work with them as much as we can to preserve their history and their documents. in addition to that, we do have materials from the communist side of the war. the north vietnamese. we have some of their equipment. it's interesting when you compare and contrast the different types of equipment that they used versus what we had. their helmet was wicker versus the steel of the american helmet. lighter weight great for camouflage and not going to protect them much. we also have the sandals which everyone heard of studied the vietnam war. made from tires and very cheap and very effective. canteens and other equipment. but also some of their publications as well. one of the really interesting things about the publications sometimes they had to do it out in the field. the production value is not high but it's effective. they got some really interesting art work that represents the communist side of the war. also we have an incredible mic

san diego state university professor on the militaryar from the escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon 10 years later. at 11:00 a.m., military historian and his book, the unknown and the untold story of the unknown soldier and the most decorated heroes who brought him home. real30 p.m. eastern on america, as part of our alaskan 1930 six film, silver millions, the 1949 film, eskimo hunters and western alaska, the 1967 film, alaska centennial and the film a left got highway. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> anchorage, alaska is the state's largest city, located in the central portion. it is known as the air crossroads of the world. contains more than 40% of the total population. up next, we continue our look at alaska with the visit to the smithsonian arctic studies center to learn about alaskan native culture. i think that i am a born again native. isng alaskan native embracing your heritage by choice. it is creating new dances and new songs. thee are carrying on go-betweens. we can talk things out. it is a work in progress. we lost it and we are to get it back and

we also have newspapers from saigon daily, the news, and other vietnamese language publications.o chronicle the experience of our south vietnamese allies in the republic of vietnam. they lost so much as a result of that war. they lost their homes, their families, they lost their businesses. when saigon fell in 1975, we have used that as a tragic loss because we were fighting to preserve south vietnam against communism, but the south vietnamese people lost. it's just incredible by comparison. it is very important to work with them as much as possible to preserve their history and their documents. in addition to that, we have materials from the communist side of the war, the north vietnamese and the national liberation front, the viet cong. it is interesting when you compare and contrast the equivalent they used to what we had. their helmet was wicker versus the steel of the american helmet. lighter weights, great for camouflage, but will not protect from very much. we also have the ho chi minh sandals, which everyone has heard of, made from tires, very cheap and effective. canteen

yellow jersey what about the green gerry's the green jersey who seems to be in the ownership of papers saigon from slovakia i mean poor guy i mean he really hurt himself during the during the race and his shoulder everything and easy you can just see the pain in his face when he's trying to complete the race in a in the yellow jersey and this is this is a bit of relief for french fans who are dying to have a french star out there and hasn't happened for an awful long time and that is pierre la tour not quite look to are but la tour and so he's got the white jersey which means he's the best place right or under age twenty six ok well that sounds very exciting and twenty to see and plenty of action arts as the from sports yes thanks very much thank you. here watching daily news coming to you live from britain will be back again at the top of the hour so keep the hair you can't. move. we make up oh but we watch as the cost of the un does the trick we all of the civil service i. mean want to shape the continents future. part of it and join youngsters because they share their stories their dreams

looking at the conflict escalation from 1965, to the fall of saigon in 1975.described the tactics of both sides and outlined how the south vietnamese were supported by american forces while the north vietnamese received supplies from both china and the soviet union. he argued that the united states was in vietnam to prove the viability of capitalism and the american system of government. his class is abo o

we also have newspapers from south vietnam -- the saigon daily news and another vietnam ease lingwoodlication. to chronicle the experiences of our felt -- south vietnamese allies from the republic of vietnam. they lost so much as a result of that war. they lost their homes, families, businesses -- when saigon fell in 1975, we have used that as a tragic loss, because we were fighting to try to preserve south vietnam against communism, but the south vietnamese people lost incredibly i comparison. so again, it is very important to work with them as much as we can to preserve their history and their documents. in addition to that, we do have materials from the communist side of the war, the north vietnamese and the national liberation front of the viet cong. we have some of their equipment, which is interesting when you compare and contrast the type of equipment they use versus what we had. the helmets were wicker versus the steel of american helmets. lighter weight, great for camouflage but not very protective. sandals, whiche everyone has heard of who studied the vietnam war, made from

the flourishing underground response in a way journalists responded with news in saigon.icial press releases. young journalist covering it had vets, was as had many the war was of occupation and imperial, could not be won. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your satellite or cable provider. prof. barnett: the american windmill museum in lubbock tells the importance of the window for the settlement in west texas. willus where a tiny metals show us some of the items in their collection. >> the american museum was started in 1993 by a lady who was a teacher at texas tech university. this building houses over 110 windmills. we have windmills from as big as six foot wide, the diameter of the wheel, up to 25 feet wide. as we

n civilried an okinawa servant working for the japanese colonial government, then settled in saigon. she had a privileged life. difference from 's wereority of okinawan brought in as slavers as part of the japanese colonial scheme of sugar production. now, a strict racial hierarchy lifted -- existed with japanese at the top followed by okinawan, then korean, then at the bottom pacific islanders. how the pacific islanders were being perceived -- war,e end of the pacific she evacuated from the killing field, and resettled in okinawa, started the sewing school, and provided a crucial means for economic survival for women were often display stand impoverished. often displaced and impoverished. there were a number of geopolitical tenant's circulating in the region. okinawa's colonial insubordination to japan. the commodification and in some and position of the island cultures is reflected in these being sold. as well as women's tenacity and ingenuity and also resilience. then foreign occupation. the war brides we are focusing on today emerged from this and other context i spoken of, indic

san diego state university professor on the vietnam war, from escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon 10 years later sunday at 11:00 a.m., military historian patrick o'donnell and his book "the ofnowns: the untold story america's unknown soldier in the euros that brought him home." and at 4:30 p.m. eastern on reel america, for films about alaska. millions," "eskimo hunters in alaska," "alaska centennial," and "alaska highway." what american history tv this sunday on c-span3. -- watch american history tv this sunday on c-span3. fairbanks is located in the alaskan interior two-mile -- two hours north of mount mckinley. state's second most populous area. fairbanks is a military hop, with fort wainwright within city limits. it is also known for its rich gold deposits which led to a gold rush at the turn of the 20th century. next, we continue our special look at alaska with a visit to gold dredge eight to learn about mining history in fairbanks. panning for gold is very simple. grinding ongravel the bottom, if it's not grinding it's tough to find the gold. , we rinse backes and remove. kee

military escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon 10 years later. sunday at 11 am, a military historian talks about his book. at 4:30 pm eastern on real and on -- on reel america, films about alaska, the 1936 film , a 1949 film, escape -- eskimo hunters in northwest alaska, a 1967 film alaska centennial, and the 1944 film. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. join us this weekend for alaska weekend with featured programming on c-span, but to be, and american history tv. saturday morning on c-span, a washington journal reporter will talk about the effect of climate change in alaska. sunday morning, the executive director of the national congress of american indians discusses native americans and native alaskan issues. on the communicators saturday at 6:30 pm eastern, a cable provider will talk about how the company makes broadband possible for small villages across the tundra, glaciers, and mountains. the incoming president of telemedicine and telehealth, will talk about providing healthcare three telemedicine. on the tv on saturday at

in our served in saigon in one nine hundred sixty five one hundred sixty six where he was assigned to a u.s. military radio station every morning he opened his show with that now iconic phrase the signature line was immortalized in the late robin williams portrayed. the one nine hundred eighty seven film focused on clashes with the superiors over the u.s. military and iraq music policy. let's recap the headlines for you now on al-jazeera the white house says president trump wants to host the russian leader vladimir putin in washington within months that the controversy surrounding them reading in helsinki as director of national intelligence john coats was surprised by the news of invitation to putin he learned about it in front of a crowd at a conference. say we have some breaking news the white house has announced on twitter that lattimer putin is coming to the white house in the fall so we can i. owe. you. an imprudent. ok. it's going to be special. the european union has expressed concern about a new israeli law that defines the country as the nation state of the jewish people it

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the vietnam war, cronauer was in the air force and a disk jockey for the armed forces network in saigon said williams' oscar- nominated portrayal of him was "greatly exaggerated," but he still enjoyed it. adrian cronauer was 79 years old. up next, officers come to the aid of a brother in distress. of a brother in distress. of a brother in distress. >> this portion of the cbs evening news is sponsored by with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors. new ensure max protein. southwest has $69 one-way sale fares for travel throughout september and october. so you can fill the rest of your year with all the fun. book now at southwest.com. low fares. no hidden fees. that's transfarency. i love you, basement guest bathroom. some retreat to the woods for solitude. i just go downstairs. i love you, but sometimes you stink. febreze air effects doesn't just mask, it cleans away odors. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up to 30 days.

that the communists expected to have happen did not happen beyond that surprise of seeing people in saigon and capturing these provincial capitals. but they had to yield them all eventually. however, the americans when they assess the impact of the offensive on their effort in the countryside, they found that they were back where they had been two years ago. they had lost a lot of control but also there were attempts to build up support in the countryside. they could not provide for the security of those people. and that's where you see a sense of well, this is also a military defeat for the united states. and that they've lost time they no longer have anymore. in terms of the impact on the american public, and that's why lbj brought william westmoreland back on the public relations campaign they can see the light ask at the end of the tunnel -- at the end of the tunnel, that sort of thing. it was to address the american public opinion that had basically lost confidence in lbj and really was just wanted the work to be over and the united states to get out. and what you see after the offens

navigating the relentless rivers of traffic that dictate life coach the man city formerly known as saigon life here is never dormant everyone appears to be on their way to somewhere else. well almost everyone. life is distinctly upbeat terror in the city. and indeed the entire country yet naam is a nation in transition economically and socially a nation permanently on the move from life on the go life to go. to something tune and share know all about with the grocery shopping done for the day they head back home to prepare everything they meet for their prized product to choose a noodle soup a simple sounding name belies the veritable taste sensation of waiting in every bowl. and. fresh vegetables plus rice noodles. boil pork belly. and then of course herbs and spices chopped up extremely fine and mixed together. all. the broth has cooked for at least four hours. tune could probably do it blindfolded same routine seven days a week a bowl of soup costs twenty thousand dong the equivalent of eighty euro cents on a good day they serve up to one hundred portions but not every day is a good on

ager in crow now or served in saigon in one thousand nine hundred sixty five and sixty six where he was assigned to a u.s. military radio station each morning he opened his show with that now iconic phrase the signature line of course was made famous by robin williams who portrayed him in a film in one nine hundred eighty seven. we got the headlines for you want i'll just sirrah the white house says president trump wants to host russian leader vladimir putin in washington within months that's just by the controversy surrounding their meeting in helsinki as director of national intelligence james coats was surprised by the news of trump's invitation to putin as he learned about it in front of people at a conference say we have some breaking news the white house has announced on twitter that is coming to the white house in the fall so we can thank. you. coming here. ok. it's going to be special. the european union has expressed concern about a new israeli law that defines the country as the nation state of the jewish people it makes hebrew the sole of official language and it downgrades a

challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigonere's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to disco

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during the vietnam war cronauer was in the air force and a disc jockey for the armed forces network in saigon. cronauer said williams' oscar-nominated portrayal of him was greatly exaggerated but he still enjoyed it. adrian cron waidrian cronauer w old. >>> up next, officers come to the aid of a brother in distress. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here.nd completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. >>> a police department in the suburbs of chicago put out a 1078. it means an officer needs emerge assistance. dean reynolds tells us the response was overwhelming. >> reporter: chris kudla has to be strong and in peak condition. he has to because he's a policeman and because he's fighting stage 4 kidney cancer. >> i was officially diagnosed november 25th, 2017. the day before my birthday. >> reporter: just eight months after joined the riverside, illinois po

in particular, we have to understand that, you know, there's a place in philadelphia called little saigon now, right? this is -- there are no vietnamese in philadelphia until after the vietnam war. the literal structure of philadelphia changed because of this war. so, if we're talking about how 1968 changed america, well, you just have to go to south philadelphia near the italian market and go to the vietnamese section there. it's quite -- such a fascinating story, and that's one of the great things about the oral history work that was brought up. a lot of the folks interview people in their communities and they're all -- they have all been touched by this war. a lot of people -- and we think about vietnam as a monolith. we don't understand that people were refugees in their own country and then they were refugees again. so, just to be brief, yeah, you just have to look out the window to see the impact of 1968 on philadelphia. >> i think one of the legacies, along with the sort of militarization piece that i mentioned before, war zone crime, et cetera, but i think also this sense of a lac

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embassy in a saigon. february 7, police fire on demonstrators in south carolina state college in orangeburg, killing three and wounding 33. only people study black history seem to remember the orangeburg massacre. in march, the republic of new africa declared independence from the united states with 500 members in detroit with the intention to establish a black nation in the south in the black belt. one of their members, a generation on is the mayor of jackson, mississippi and is responsible in large part for the opening of the new civil rights music -- museum in jackson, mississippi. announces in it the most dramatic possible way has 2a 35 minute speech sentences that he will not run for reelection and only assume all -- this is after two weeks of meeting with his group called the wise men, an interesting combination of people, some of who wanted to soldier on in vietnam. many give him what they think from generals to people running wall street, which is the war cannot be won, it can be continued with a

military escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon 10 years later. sunday at 11:00 a.m., military historian patrick o'donnell and his book "the unknowns: the unknown story of america's soldier and the undecorated heroes who brought him home." then 4:30 on sunday, reel america. the

military escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon 10 years later. sunday at 11:00 a.m.ry historian patrick o'donnell and his work "the unknowns: the untold story of unknown soldiers and the decorated heros who brought him home." an thened a 4:30 p.m. eastern on reel america, four films about alaska. the 1936 film "alaska's silver millions." the 1949 film "eskimo hunters in northwest alaska." the 1967 film "alaska centennial." and the 1944 film "alaska highway." watch this weekend on c span 3. >> up next house minority leader nancy pelosi talking about a proposal from democrats to boost voting rights. we also hear from three other democratic members of congress, john sarbanes of maryland, terri sewell of alabama, and paramilla