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00:00I cannot think of a more cataclysmic event than the Vietnam War.
00:12The Vietnam War is a turning point in United States history.
00:16Vietnam is a hellhole, it's Killingfield, Hamburger Hill, Kassam, My Lai Mexico, P.O.W.U., Viet Cong.
00:25Everything happened in Vietnam.
00:31The story of the United States in Vietnam was a story of ignorance, hubris, arrogance.
00:38It tended to be evil, but I don't think it was intended to be evil.
00:44We learned how big the gap was between what presidents were saying and what they believed.
00:51We are fighting about the trade.
00:53Three years ago.
00:55I think they were sincere in what they were doing.
01:02The problem is they didn't know what they were doing.
01:05Our method of operation was called search and destroy.
01:09You just hunt for people and you kill them.
01:11You pull the trigger, you can't take the bullet back.
01:15And it changes you.
01:18It was kill or be killed.
01:21They had to live with the nightmares.
01:22I wasn't the same person anymore.
01:26Those are the memories that stay with me.
01:29For Vietnamese people, the events that took place were life-defining.
01:35The anger was severe, strong, boiling, boiling.
01:47This is a television war.
01:49Seeing the graphic images marked a turning point in the American conscience.
01:55One of the major roles of the press is hold power accountable.
02:00You realize that our heroes are just liars.
02:04Many of the things that plague our society today have their roots in the Vietnam era.
02:09Our image of ourselves as the last best hope on earth was shaken.
02:16We were playing God.
02:18We've lost our moral compass and we haven't recovered.
02:22We can't forget Vietnam.
02:25It's with us today.
02:39We'll see you next time.
02:44We'll see you next time.
02:57We'll see you next time.