by Jeremy Kuzmarov da Roger Peace, Oktoba 9, 2017
A cikin 2008, Majalisa ta zartar da doka da ke ba da umarni ga Pentagon don fara shekaru 13 tunawa na Yaƙin Vietnam, wanda ya fara ranar tunawa, Mayu 28, 2012, da kuma ƙarewa a Ranar Tsohon Sojoji, Nuwamba 11, 2025. Majalisa ta ware dala miliyan 65 ga Pentagon don isa ga makarantu da kwalejoji tare da saƙon kishin ƙasa cewa Amurka ya kamata "na gode kuma girmama tsofaffin yakin.”
Ya zuwa yanzu, Kwamitin Tunawa da Pentagon ya tattara abubuwan al'umma sama da 10,800. Kwamitin ya dauki hanya mara kyau, yana neman abokan hadin gwiwa maimakon kalubalantar masu sukar yakin. Ƙaddamar da wannan hanya wani ɗan gajeren lokaci ne na tarihi akan gidan yanar gizon kwamitin. Lokacin 1945-54, alal misali, an rufe shi cikin gajerun jimloli goma sha biyu.
The liyafar zuwa fina-finai na Ken Burns da Lynn Novick game da yakin Vietnam ya bayyana dalilin da yasa Pentagon ta dauki irin wannan hanya. Saga na awa 18 na Burns-Novick ya haifar da suka da yawa daga masana tarihi. Bob Buzzanco rubuta cewa idan masu shirya fina-finai sun sanya taken shirin nasu, "Labarun Mutanen da Suka kasance a Vietnam A Lokacin Yaƙin," ba za a yi ƙaranci ba. “Amma ana tallata shi a matsayin tarihin yaƙi, kuma a ciki ne babbar matsala. Labarin sojoji suna ba da ra'ayoyi masu motsi da hotuna na tsadar yaƙin ɗan adam, amma ba sa amsa manyan tambayoyi game da dalilin da ya sa masarautu ke kai hari ga ƙananan ƙasashe kuma kusan sake buge su zuwa zamanin Dutse. "
Ra'ayoyin al'ada sun yi yawa a cikin fim ɗin, ko na sojoji masu shan muggan kwayoyi ko na masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya suna wulaƙanta sojojin Amurka. Jeffrey Kimball ne rubuta, "Tallafinsu game da fitowar da juyin halitta na gwagwarmayar antiwar Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Indochina na Biyu - wanda kuma aka sani da Yaƙin Amurka (kamar 1954-1974) - ba daidai ba ne, ya rabu, bai cika ba, kuma ba daidai ba ne."
Masu fafutukar tabbatar da zaman lafiya, tsofaffin sojoji da masana tarihi a cikinsu, sun dade suna yin kokarin gyara wadannan munanan ra'ayoyin da kuma tabbatar da ra'ayinsu na yakin a matsayin rashin adalci da rashin cancanta. Bayan koyon aikin Pentagon a cikin Satumba 2014, tsoffin masu fafutukar Yaƙin Bietnam sun ƙirƙiri Kwamitin Tunawa da Zaman Lafiya na Vietnam (VPCC). Manufar da aka bayyana ita ce "bibiyar ayyukan Pentagon, ƙalubalen su idan ya cancanta, da kuma ɗaukaka rawar yaƙin yaƙi a bainar jama'a wajen kawo ƙarshen yaƙin."
Membobin VPCC sun gana da jami'an Pentagon kuma sun ba da shawararsu. Waɗannan ƙoƙarin sun haifar da a New York Times Labari a cikin Nuwamba 2016 mai taken "Masu fafutuka suna Kira don Haƙiƙanin Hoto na Yaƙin Vietnam akan Yanar Gizon Yanar Gizon Pentagon," kuma ya haifar da sake rubuta wani ɓangare na Pentagon na lokacin sa na Vietnam. Da farko dai lokacin ya yi tsokaci kan kisan kiyashin da aka yi a My Lai, inda ya kira shi da "Labarin Lai Na."
VPCC kuma ta dauki nauyin wani taro a Washington a watan Mayu 2015, mai taken "Vietnam: Ikon Zanga-zangar. Fadin Gaskiya. Koyan Darussan.” Sama da mutane 600 ne suka halarta.
Wani VPCC taron an shirya shi a ranar 20-21 ga Oktoba, 2017, wani taron yini da zai yi bikin cika shekaru 50 na shahararren Maris a Pentagon. Masu magana za su yi magana game da mahallin tarihi kuma su tuna da taron da kansa. Wani batun tattaunawa zai kasance "Jerin PBS da Darussan da Ba a Koyi ba." Daga cikin wadanda suka dauki nauyin taron sun hada da masana tarihi don zaman lafiya da dimokuradiyya, kawance don dabarun kasa da kasa a Asiya na Jami'ar George Washington, da Tsohon Sojan Zaman Lafiya. An bude taron ga jama'a. Kudin shine $25 da $10 don abincin rana ranar Asabar.
An yi rubuce-rubuce da yawa game da Yaƙin Vietnam ta fuskoki daban-daban. Maƙalarmu kan yaƙin, wanda aka haɗa tare da John Marciano, yayi nazarin manufa da kuma gudanar da yaƙin daga mahangar ka'idar yaƙi kawai. Kalmomi 80,000 Daftarin aiki ya ƙunshi hotuna sama da 200. Kusan kashi ɗaya bisa uku an keɓe ne ga ƙungiyar antiwar. An rubuta shi don buɗe gidan yanar gizon albarkatu tare da jama'a gabaɗaya, mun nemi ginawa akan shaidar Takardun Pentagon, yin kira da fahimtar marigayi Marilyn Young, da kimanta yaƙi bisa la'akari da hangen nesa na Martin Luther King Jr. .
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Jeremy Kuzmarov marubucin Tatsuniyar Sojoji Masu Kashe: Vietnam da Yaƙin Zamani akan Magunguna (Jami'ar Massachusetts Press, 2009), a tsakanin sauran ayyuka. Roger Peace shine kodinetan kungiyar yanar, "Tarihin Manufofin Harkokin Waje na Amurka & Jagoran Albarkatu."
