naJeremy Kuzmarov naRoger Peace, October 9, 2017
MuChNUMX, Congress yakapa mutemo unorayira Pentagon kuti iite 2008-gore Kuchengetwa yeHondo yeVietnam, kutanga musi weChirangaridzo, May 28, 2012, uye kugumisa paVeterans Day, November 11, 2025. Congress yakapa $ 65 mamiriyoni kuitira Pentagon kusvika kune zvikoro uye makoroji nemashoko ekuda nyika kuti America inofanira "kutenda nekukudza veterans vehondo."
Kusvika ikozvino, Komiti yePentagon yekuyeuchidza Komiti yakashandura pamusoro pezviitiko zvevanhu vemu 10,800. Dare racho rakatora nzira yakakosha-pfupi, kutsvaga vavakaroorana navo vanoda pane kupokana nevatsoropodzi vehondo. Kuzadzikisa nzira iyi ndeyeiyo nguva yakawandisa yenyaya pamusangano webasa. I1945-54 nguva, somuenzaniso, yakafukidzwa mumitoti gumi nemaviri.
The mutambo kusvika kuKenn Burns uye Lynn Novick yemafirimu epamusoro peVietnam yeVietnam inoita kuti zvive pachena nei Pentagon yakatora nzira yakadaro. The Burns-Novick 18-saga saga yakakonzera kutsoropodzwa kukuru kubva kune nyanzvi dzakaitika kare. Bob Buzzanco akanyora kuti kana vateereri vemafirimu vakanga vaine zita ravo rekunyora, "Nhau dzevanhu Vaive muVietnam MuHondo," pakanga pasina zvishoma zvokunyunyuta pamusoro. "Asi iri kuziviswa sehupenyu hwehondo, uye imomo inonyanya dambudziko guru. Nhoroondo dzevarwi dzinopa pfungwa dzinofambisa uye mifananidzo yemari yevanhu yekurwa, asi haipinduri mibvunzo yakakura pamusoro pokuti nei emamiriro achirwisa marudzi maduku uye zvichida kuvarova kudzokera kuMatombo Age. "
Zviitiko zvinowanzoratidzwa zvinowanzoitika mufirimu, ingava masoja anodhaka-zvinodhaka kana vehukama vanoita zvechisimba vachibata zvisina kunaka varwi veUnited States. Jeffrey Kimball akanyora, "Kuparidzirwa kwavo kwekubuda uye kushanduka kwehurumende yeAmerica yekurwisa hondo panguva yechipiri yeIndochina War - iyo inonziwo Hondo yeAmerica (ca. 1954-1974) - haina kururama, yakabatanidzwa, isina kukwana, uye yakashata zvachose."
Vanyori vanoita rugare, veterans uye vanyori vezvakaitika kare pakati pavo, vave vachishanda nesimba mukugadzirisa izvi zvisingaiti zvakashata uye vanosimbisa maonero avo ehondo sevasina kururama uye vasingadi. Paakadzidza nezvemitemo yePentagon munaSeptember 2014, avo vekare vairwisana neVietnam Vashandi vehondo vakasika Komiti yeKuendesa Kuyeukwa kweVietnam (VPCC). Chinangwa chacho chakataurwa ndechekuti "kuongorora mabasa ePentagon, kuvarwisa kana zvichidiwa, uye kuratidza pachena hurumende inorwisana nehondo mukugumisa hondo."
VPCC nhengo dzakasangana nePentagon vakuru uye dzakapa mazano. Aya maitiro akazoitika muna a New York Times chinyorwa muna Mbudzi 2016 yakanzi "Vamiriri Vanodaidzira Kuratidzwa kweVietnam Hondo paPentagon Webhusaiti," uye zvakatungamira kuPentagon kunyorazve chikamu chenguva yayo yeVietnam. Nguva yacho yakatanga kufungidzira pamusoro pekupondwa kweMy Lai, vachiidaidza kuti "Chiitiko Changu cheLai."
VPCC yakatsigirawo musangano muWashington muna May 2015, ine musoro unoti "Vietnam: Simba reKupemberera. Kutaura Chokwadi. Kudzidza Zvidzidzo. "Vanhu vanopfuura 600 vakapinda.
Rimwe VPCC musangano rakagadzirirwa muna Oktoba 20-21, 2017, chiitiko chezuva nezuva chichayeuka musi weChnUMXth wemwaka weChirungu yakakurumbira paPentagon. Vatauri vachatarisa mamiriro ezvinhu ezvakaitika uye vanoyeuka chiitiko chairo. Chimwe chikonzero chekukurukurirana chichava "PBS series uye Zvidzidzo Zvisina Kudzidzwa." Pakati pevatsigiri vechiitiko chacho ndezveVanyori vezvakaitika kare zveRugare neDemocracy, Vabatanidzwa veInternational Strategies muAsia yeGeorge Washington University, uye Veterans for Peace. Chiitiko chacho chakasununguka kuvanhu. Mari inodhura $ 50 pamwe ne $ 25 yemangwanani musi weMugovera.
Zvakawanda zvakanyorwa pamusoro peHondo yeVietnam kubva pane zvakasiyana. Nyaya yedu payo yehondo, yakanyorwa naJohn Marciano, inotsvaga chinangwa uye mufambiro wehondo kubva pane maonero ehondo yehondo chete. I80,000-shoko Document inosanganisira mifananidzo ye 200. Anenge chikamu chetatu chinopihwa kurwisana nehondo. Yakanyorerwa kuti ive yakasununguka webusaiti yepamusoro nevevanhu vose mupfungwa, takatsvaka kuvaka pamusoro pehupupu hwePentagon Papers, inotsvaga maonero ekupedzisira Marilyn Young, uye kuongorora hondo maererano naMartin Luther King Jr. .
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Jeremy Kuzmarov munyori we Nhema yeAddicted Army: Vietnam uye Hondo Yemazuva Ano Pamishonga Inodhaka (University of Massachusetts Press, 2009), pakati pemamwe mabasa. Roger Rugare ndiye mutungamiri we Website, "United States Zvekunze Policy Nhoroondo & Resource Gwaro."
