nguJeremy Kuzmarov noRoger Peace, Okthoba 9, 2017
Ngo-2008, iCongress yaphasisa umthetho oyalela iPentagon ukuthi iqale iminyaka eyi-13 isikhumbuzo weMpi YaseVietnam, eqala ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo, May 28, 2012, futhi iphetha ngoSuku Lwama-Veterans, November 11, 2025. ICongress yabela amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-65 ukuze iPentagon ifinyelele ezikoleni nasemakolishi ngomlayezo wokushisekela izwe ukuthi iMelika kufanele "ibonge futhi hlonipha omakadebona bempi.”
Kuze kube manje, iKomidi Lesikhumbuzo SePentagon selihlanganise imicimbi yomphakathi engaphezu kuka-10,800. Ikomidi lithathe indlela esezingeni eliphansi, lifuna ozakwethu abazimisele kunokuphonsela inselelo abagxeki bempi. Ukuphelelisa le ndlela kuwumugqa wesikhathi oyingcosana kakhulu kusizindalwazi sekomidi. Isikhathi sika-1945-54, isibonelo, sihlanganiswe ngemisho emifushane eyishumi nambili.
The ukwamukela kufilimu ka-Ken Burns noLynn Novick ekhuluma ngeMpi YaseVietnam ikwenza kucace ukuthi kungani iPentagon ithathe le ndlela. I-saga ye-Burns-Novick yamahora angu-18 idale ukugxekwa okukhulu kosomlando abangongoti. Bob Buzzanco wabhala ukuthi ukube abenzi bamafilimu bebenesihloko esithi, “Izindaba Zabantu AbabeseVietnam Phakathi Nempi,” bekuyoba kuncane ukukhononda ngakho. “Kodwa ikhangiswa njengomlando wempi, futhi lapho kulele khona inkinga enkulu. Ukulandisa kwamasosha kunikeza imibono nezithombe ezishukumisayo zezindleko zomuntu empini, kodwa aziyiphenduli imibuzo emikhulu yokuthi kungani imibuso ihlasela izizwe ezincane futhi icishe iwabuyisele eNkathini Yamatshe.”
Imibono evamile igcwele kule filimu, kungaba ngamasosha agqilazwe yizidakamizwa noma izishoshovu zokuthula ezihlukumeza amasosha ase-US. UJeffrey Kimball wabhala, "Umbiko wabo wokuvela nokuziphendukela kwemvelo kwenhlangano ye-anti-war yase-US phakathi neMpi Yesibili Yase-Indochina - eyaziwa nangokuthi Impi YaseMelika (cishe ngo-1954-1974) - ayinembile, ayihlanganisi, ayiphelele, futhi ayilungile ngokuyisisekelo."
Izishoshovu zokuthula, omakadebona kanye nosomlando phakathi kwabo, kade benza imizamo yokulungisa le mibono engemihle futhi baveze umbono wabo ngempi njengento engenabulungiswa nengenasidingo. Ngemva kokuzwa ngegunya le-Pentagon ngo-September 2014, izishoshovu zangaphambili ezimelene ne-Vietnam War zakha i-Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee (VPCC). Inhloso yayo "ukuqapha imisebenzi yePentagon, inselele lapho kunesidingo, futhi iphakamise esidlangalaleni iqhaza lenhlangano elwa nempi ekuqedeni impi."
Amalungu e-VPCC ahlangane nezikhulu zePentagon futhi anikeza imibono yawo. Le mizamo iholele ekutheni a New York Times esihlokweni ngoNovemba 2016 enesihloko esithi “Izishoshovu Zifuna Ukuboniswa Okungokoqobo Kwempi YaseVietnam Kuwebhusayithi Ye-Pentagon,” futhi kwaholela ekubhaleni kabusha kwengxenye yePentagon yomugqa wayo wesikhathi waseVietnam. Umugqa wesikhathi waqale wagqama ngesibhicongo saseMy Lai, wasibiza ngokuthi “Isigameko Sami saseLai.”
I-VPCC iphinde yaxhasa ingqungquthela eWashington ngoMeyi 2015, enesihloko esithi “Vietnam: The Power of Protest. Ukukhuluma Iqiniso. Ukufunda Izifundo.” Kwaba khona abantu abangaphezu kuka-600.
Enye i-VPCC inkomfa uhlelelwe u-Okthoba 20-21, 2017, umcimbi wosuku lonke ozokhumbula iminyaka engama-50 kaNdasa odumile ePentagon. Izikhulumi zizokhuluma ngengqikithi yomlando futhi zikhumbule umcimbi ngokwawo. Esinye isihloko sengxoxo sizoba “Uchungechunge lwe-PBS kanye Nezifundo Ezingafundiwe.” Phakathi kwabaxhasi balo mcimbi kubalwa i-Historians for Peace and Democracy, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia yaseGeorge Washington University, kanye namaVeterans for Peace. Umcimbi uvulelekile emphakathini. Izindleko ngu-$25 kanye ne-$10 yokudla kwasemini ngoMgqibelo.
Kuningi okubhaliwe ngeMpi yaseVietnam ngezindlela ezahlukene. Indatshana yethu ngempi, ebhalwe ngokubambisana noJohn Marciano, ihlola inhloso nokuziphatha kwempi ngokombono wethiyori yempi nje. Amagama angama-80,000 Umbhalo ihlanganisa izithombe ezingaphezu kuka-200. Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu izinikele emzabalazweni wokulwa nempi. Njengoba ibhalelwe isizindalwazi esivulekile esicatshangelwa nomphakathi wonkana, sazama ukwakha phezu kobufakazi bamaPhepha ePentagon, sacela imibono kamufi uMarilyn Young, futhi sihlole impi ngokubheka indlela uMartin Luther King Jr. .
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UJeremy Kuzmarov ungumbhali we Inganekwane Yebutho Eliyizigqila: IVietnam kanye Nempi Yesimanje Yezidakamizwa (University of Massachusetts Press, 2009), phakathi kweminye imisebenzi. URoger Peace ungumxhumanisi we iwebhusayithi, "Umlando Wenqubomgomo Yangaphandle Yase-United States Nomhlahlandlela Wensiza."
