ndi Jeremy Kuzmarov ndi Roger Peace, October 9, 2017
Mu 2008, Congress idapereka lamulo lolangiza Pentagon kuti ikhazikitse zaka 13 chikumbutso Nkhondo ya Vietnam, kuyambira pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso, May 28, 2012, ndikumaliza pa Tsiku la Ankhondo Ankhondo, November 11, 2025. Congress inapereka $ 65 miliyoni kuti Pentagon ifike ku masukulu ndi makoleji ndi uthenga wokonda dziko lawo kuti America ayenera "kuthokoza ndi lemekezani asilikali akale ankhondo.”
Pakadali pano, Pentagon Commemoration Committee yasokoneza zochitika zamagulu 10,800. Komitiyi yatenga njira yotsika mtengo, kufunafuna mabwenzi ofunitsitsa m'malo motsutsa otsutsa nkhondo. Kuphatikizirapo njira iyi ndi nthawi yochepa kwambiri ya mbiri yakale patsamba la komiti. Nthawi ya 1945-54, mwachitsanzo, imayikidwa mu ziganizo zazifupi khumi ndi ziwiri.
The phwando kwa Ken Burns's ndi Lynn Novick's documentary film on the Vietnam War ikufotokoza momveka bwino chifukwa chake Pentagon yatengera njira yotere. Saga ya maola 18 a Burns-Novick yadzudzula kwambiri akatswiri a mbiri yakale. Bob Buzzanco analemba kuti ngati opanga mafilimuwo adatchula zolemba zawo, "Nkhani za Anthu Amene Anali ku Vietnam Panthawi ya Nkhondo," sipakanakhala zodandaula. Koma akulengezedwa ngati mbiri ya nkhondo, ndipo mmenemo muli vuto lalikulu. Nkhani za asilikali zimapereka malingaliro ndi zithunzithunzi zogwira mtima za mtengo wankhondo wa munthu, koma sizimayankha mafunso okulirapo okhudza chifukwa chake maufumu amaukira maiko ang’onoang’ono ndi kuwabwezeranso ku Stone Age.”
M'filimuyi pali malingaliro ambiri omwe anthu ambiri sakonda nawo, kaya ndi asilikali omwe amamwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena olimbikitsa mtendere omwe amazunza mwankhanza asilikali a US. Jeffrey Kimball analemba, "Kufotokozera kwawo za kutuluka ndi kusinthika kwa kayendetsedwe ka nkhondo ya US panthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri ya Indochina - yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Nkhondo ya ku America (ca. 1954-1974) - ndizolakwika, zosagwirizana, zosakwanira, komanso zoipa."
Omenyera mtendere, omenyera nkhondo ndi akatswiri a mbiri yakale pakati pawo, akhala akuyesetsa kwanthawi yayitali kukonza malingaliro oyipawa ndikukhazikitsa malingaliro awo ankhondo ngati osalungama komanso osafunikira. Atamva za udindo wa Pentagon mu Seputembala 2014, omwe kale anali odana ndi Vietnam adapanga Komiti Yokumbukira Mtendere wa Vietnam (VPCC). Cholinga chake ndi "kuyang'anira zochitika za Pentagon, kuwatsutsa pakafunika, ndikukweza poyera udindo wa gulu lodana ndi nkhondo pothetsa nkhondo."
Mamembala a VPCC adakumana ndi akuluakulu a Pentagon ndikupereka zomwe akupereka. Izi zidapangitsa kuti a New York Times nkhani mu November 2016 mutu wakuti "Otsutsa Amayitana Kuti Awonetse Zowona Zankhondo ya Vietnam pa Webusaiti ya Pentagon," ndipo zinapangitsa kuti Pentagon ilembenso pang'ono za nthawi yake yaku Vietnam. Mndandanda wanthawiyo udasokoneza kuphedwa kwa My Lai, ndikuchitcha "My Lai Incident."
VPCC idathandiziranso msonkhano ku Washington mu Meyi 2015, wokhala ndi mutu wakuti “Vietnam: The Power of Protest. Kunena Choonadi. Kuphunzira Maphunziro.” Anthu oposa 600 anapezekapo.
VPCC ina msonkhano ikukonzekera October 20-21, 2017, chochitika chatsiku lomwe lidzakumbukire zaka 50 za March wotchuka pa Pentagon. Oyankhula adzakambirana za mbiri yakale ndikukumbukira zochitikazo. Mutu wina wokambitsirana ukhala "Mndandanda wa PBS ndi Maphunziro Osaphunzira." Ena mwa omwe adathandizira mwambowu ndi a Historians for Peace and Democracy, Partnerships for International Strategies ku Asia aku George Washington University, ndi Veterans for Peace. Chochitikacho ndi chotsegulidwa kwa anthu onse. Mtengo wake ndi $25 kuphatikiza $10 pankhomaliro Loweruka.
Zambiri zalembedwa za Nkhondo yaku Vietnam kuchokera m'njira zosiyanasiyana. Nkhani yathu yokhudza nkhondoyi, yolembedwa ndi John Marciano, imayang'ana cholinga ndi machitidwe ankhondoyo kuchokera ku lingaliro lankhondo chabe. Mawu 80,000 chikalata muli ndi zithunzi zopitilira 200. Pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu aliwonse amadzipereka ku gulu lodana ndi nkhondo. Kulembera tsamba lotseguka lokhala ndi anthu onse m'malingaliro, tidayesetsa kuyika umboni wa Pentagon Papers, kufunsira nzeru za malemu Marilyn Young, ndikuwunika nkhondoyo potengera malingaliro a Martin Luther King Jr. .
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Jeremy Kuzmarov ndi wolemba Nthano ya Asitikali Oledzera: Vietnam ndi Nkhondo Yamakono Yolimbana ndi Mankhwala Osokoneza Bongo (University of Massachusetts Press, 2009), pakati pa ntchito zina. Roger Peace ndi wogwirizira wa webusaiti, "Mbiri ya United States Foreign Policy History & Resource Guide."
