August 14, 2012
Gen. Wesley Clark (the retired four-star, West Point Class of '66, Rhodes Scholar, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander) earned his military spurs in Vietnam commanding a First Infantry Division Company in 1970---and being severely wounded…
August 1, 2012
Karl Marlantes---the former Marine and the author of the highly acclaimed Vietnam War novel, Matterhorn ---was the subject of the July 27 edition of the excellent PBS-TV show "Moyers and Company." Marlantes, who will…
March 31, 2012
Yesterday, March 30, 2012, was the last day on the job as chief executive of C-SPAN for Brian Lamb, the man who founded the non-profit, non-partisan public TV network in 1978 and was its guiding…
January 6, 2012
There is an interesting interview with Pat Sajak in The New York Times ' on line blog about his interest in the National Hockey League. Sajak, the popular host of Wheel of Fortune, is a…
November 8, 2011
Vietnam in HD is the name of a three-part, six-hour documentary that begins tonight, Tuesday, November 8, at 9:00 Eastern time on the History Channel. Much of the in-country Vietnam War footage in the…
May 6, 2011
The excellent documentary, My Vietnam, Your Iraq , which we reviewed a year ago , will be aired on many PBS stations around the nation around Memorial Day weekend, from May 28 to June 2.…
April 18, 2011
Jennifer Nguyen Noone's personal story of Operation Babylift will be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network TV show, "Searching For..." tonight, Monday, April 18, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Jennie Noone (above ) came to…
November 15, 2010
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Cav goes into Cambodia"] [/caption] Norman Lloyd's Shakey's Hill, an award-winning documentary that combines his 1970 CBS News footage of the American incursion into Cambodia with interviews of participants 35…
November 10, 2010
The actor James Gandolfini (above), best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano on the acclaimed HBO series, has been a strong supporter of America's veterans. With little fanfare, Gandolfini has for years made regular…
August 18, 2010
The excellent documentary The Philosopher Kings looks at the lives of a eight custodians who work at several universities. The group includes Cornell University custodians, Jim Evener and Gary Napieracz, who are close friends and…