The Vietnam War

This website hosts about 49 programs related to the Vietnam War. Most of these programs were recorded during the American upheaval over the war, in the mid-to-late 1960s. This was at the peak of controversy and protest. One of the programs focused on this war is selected randomly on the right side of this page. On this site, you’ll many key speakers represented, mostly as guests on radio programs.

To find all the Vietnam-related programs, go to our Audio Programs page and use the search system drop-downs:

Subject: look for Vietnam, War, or any other subject you wish.

Selected Speakers: find speakers like Andy Borg, Daniel Brewster, William Corson, Sanford Gottlieb, F. Edward Hebert, Hubert Humphrey, Pat Kawood, James Keys, Dean Kelly, David Kraslow. James Lawson, William Lederer, Stephen Ledogar, Stuart Loory, Don Luce, and John Mecklin.

Title: type in the word, Vietnam.

Description: type in the word, Vietnam.

The Vietnam War, as it was known in the U.S, occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. 

During the course of the Vietnam War, a large segment of the American population came to be opposed to U.S. involvement in South Vietnam. Public opinion steadily turned against the war following 1967 and by 1970 only a third of Americans believed that the U.S. had not made a mistake by sending troops to fight in Vietnam.

Direct U.S. military involvement ended on August 15, 1973. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year.

Randomly-chosen Vietnam War-Related Program:

Description: Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice-president of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969. Humphrey (a United Methodist) appears on this nationwide call-in talk show just days before the 1968 presidential election. He was the Democratic candidate, Richard Nixon was the Republican, and George Wallace was the candidate for the American Independent Party. Topics include civil law and order, the 1968 Chicago protests, the arms race, missiles in the Soviet Union, Humphrey's support for a volunteer army, reduction of nuclear and other weapons, and the bombing halt in Vietnam. About a week after this program, Richard Nixon won the presidential election, running on a "law and order" platform. (Recording provided by The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Lewiston, Maine. Muskie was Humphrey's vice-presidential running mate in 1968.)

Length: 59:01
Recording Date: 10/27/1968
Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City