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Conference Announced: "Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War" (Boston, July 26-29)
Viet-Myths.Net ^ | May 7, 2004 | Interesting Times

Posted on 05/07/2004 9:11:48 AM PDT by Interesting Times

From WinterSoldier.com:

May 7, 2004 -- The wave of veteran mobilization continues, with the announcement of Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War, a conference to be held in Boston from July 26-29, at the same time as the Democratic Convention. Organizers are holding a small number of dormitory rooms at the college for "non-procrastinating registrants." Most members of our Speakers Bureau, including John O'Neill and Jug Burkett, will be on hand to present various topics. Don't miss this one...


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: boston; democraticconvention; dncconvention; johnkerry; johnoneill; jugburkett; myth; tellingthetruth; vietnam; vietnamwar; wintersoldier
Sing it with me... "We can chaaaange the world... rearraaaaange the world..."
1 posted on 05/07/2004 9:11:50 AM PDT by Interesting Times
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To: Interesting Times
BTTT for a trip to Boston!
2 posted on 05/07/2004 9:16:13 AM PDT by diotima (Juke Box Hero)
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To: Skeet; The Right Stuff; abner; Bob J; DoughtyOne; Libertina; LurkerNoMore!; MinuteGal; RedWing9; ...
Ping list, ahoy.
3 posted on 05/07/2004 9:26:22 AM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: Interesting Times
I. SITUATION

The Kerry Presidential Campaign has brought renewed attention to the Vietnam War and re-opened, in a national spotlight, a debate which has been fairly quiet for several decades. This forum is being offered as an opportunity to give voice to those of us who feel that the history of our war is being mis-portrayed by a culture that prefers to victimize the veteran rather than acknowledge that the culture itself was in the wrong. This forum will take place in Boston from Jul 26-29 at Simmons College at 300 The Fenway. It will consist of 17 sessions, including three evening sessions, details of which can be reached through the Execution section of this OPORD. The selection of the date and city is due to the large number of media personnel that will be in Boston for the Democratic Convention which promises to be an otherwise ordinary event.

It is expected that hotel space and car rentals in Boston will be very difficult to obtain. We suggested that the willingness of veterans in the Boston area to host a few of their fellows from their specific unit would go a long way to resolving such problems. We also hope that the units themselves will help to validate their members’ credentials. (Non-original copies of DD-214’s are not acceptable as the primary documentation.) TO RESERVE ROOMS OR SEATING, CLICK HERE.

This project is being put together on a short time frame, with little or no budget for speakers or transportation and lodging for same.. We hope that everyone will pitch in to do more than their fair share. If someone wishes to contribute to or sponsor a particular attendee, we encourage direct contacts. We do not have the administrative facilities to handle those contributions ourselves.

We would like to collect all the papers, videotape the proceedings and put the entire event in an on-line archive so it can be shared with those who were unable to attend and to be accessible to the media and students. We also hope to have either a live audio or video internet feed covering the dates of our project. Technophiles are invited to help out, and donations of computers, portable loudspeakers, and anything else would be appreciated and returned (though we hope you will be there to operate them. We also need web-cams, and perhaps a bank of cell-phones/land line with free air time. The web-cams probably cannot be returned but the cell-phones will be. People are needed to operate these items as well.

The event will take place in the Simmons College auditorium C-103. Badges will be issued to all attendees. Over flow will be directed to breakout rooms served by closed circuit TV. To some extent these breakout rooms could be mini-unit reunions. Evening sessions are planned. In the late evenings, we expect to show documentaries and we may run oral history sessions through-out the night. To keep something in front of the internet feed, we need audio or video extracts from documentaries in digital form, 15 minutes in length, to run during breaks.

We need all the help we can get. Grab a chunk of it and dig in.

Steve Sherman
713-683-9076
sherman1@flash.net

4 posted on 05/07/2004 9:28:27 AM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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My husband has said that Kerry has done one good thing.

My husband is a newsreporter, and in his line, a lot of time is spent covering local events, tributes, gatherings that concern noone outside of the reading area.

He has covered hundreds of Veteran's events, many at the VA Center here. He repeatedly tells of grown men crying, hugging, standing tall, and many times only having each other to lean on. He means all veterans, but specifically, he is talking about Vietnam Veterans. He strongly believes these men have been shunted aside for so long, what with the war being hijacked by lefties and the veterans being called baby killers, etc.

He says the only good Kerry has done is he has reopened the discussion on Vietnam, and has allowed a group of men, who went and fought when called upon, to retake their tarnished image, which they did not deserve in the first place.

My husband is not a cryer (thank goodness), but he could barely finish talking about this. Especially talking about all the veterans over the years, who, even though their reputation on whole has been dragged through the mud, still hold their heads high and still love each other, their brothers. Made me cry too, but I'll cry at a fabric softner commercial, so...
5 posted on 05/07/2004 9:34:54 AM PDT by eyespysomething (The Barbarians are at the Gates. Don't give Kerry the key!)
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To: eyespysomething
That was nice. Made Buck cry.
6 posted on 05/07/2004 10:03:32 AM PDT by elbucko
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To: eyespysomething
That theme runs deep in the correspondence we've received at WinterSoldier.com; that Kerry's candidacy gives a generation of troops one last chance to refute the slander against their service, and set the record straight.
7 posted on 05/07/2004 11:18:51 AM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: Interesting Times
We am attempting to make sure that we don't have any conflicts before I call, but we definitely want to attend.

BTW- BUMP!
8 posted on 05/07/2004 5:33:14 PM PDT by abner (FREE THE MIRANDA MEMOS! http://www.intelmemo.com or http://www.wintersoldier.com)
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To: abner
It promises to be the social event of the season.

"If you believe in justice... if you believe in freedom..."

9 posted on 05/07/2004 5:39:28 PM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: Interesting Times
......one last chance to refute the slander ....

Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and the Malacca Strait owe their freedom to Americans who served in Vietnam. You killed a million Communist cadres in the field and gutted the North Vietnamese State, depriving them of a generation of their best troops without which they were powerless to extend the "war of national liberation" to Jakarta and beyond.

That's what sticks in the craws of the American Left to this day. You came so close to winning, that in the longer run the difference didn't matter. You "lost" because liberals threw in the towel........"but Jeez, just look at the other guy!"

Well done, guys. Signal Bravo Zulu.

10 posted on 05/08/2004 6:13:40 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Et praeterea caeterum censeo, delenda est Carthago. -- M. Porcius Cato)
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To: Interesting Times
Affirmative on that.
11 posted on 05/08/2004 7:26:39 PM PDT by mtntop3 ("Those who must know before they believe will never come to full knowledge.")
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To: lentulusgracchus
Yep, we removed enough dominoes out of the chain.
12 posted on 05/08/2004 7:35:18 PM PDT by oyez (Fortune favors the bold.)
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To: lentulusgracchus
That's what sticks in the craws of the American Left to this day. You came so close to winning, that in the longer run the difference didn't matter. You "lost" because liberals threw in the towel........"but Jeez, just look at the other guy!"

Most of the military professional I've spoken with believe that we could have stalled the 1975 invasion of South Vietnam, if we had provided air support after the North Vietnamese broke the Paris peace treaty. In retrospect, that seems like a reasonable price to pay for preventing the execution of millions and the imposition of totalitarian communism on most of the peninsula.

It's true that we dealt the North Vietnamese aggressors grievous damage before giving up, but that only provides limited consolation.

13 posted on 05/09/2004 6:09:31 AM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: diotima
BTTT for a trip to Boston!

Give Steve a call -- maybe RightTalk can broadcast some of the events.

14 posted on 05/09/2004 6:11:32 AM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: Interesting Times
Good idea Bump!
15 posted on 05/09/2004 6:15:58 AM PDT by diotima (Juke Box Hero)
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