The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans
Original Airdates: May 29-31, 2020
TVC 495.1: Ed welcomes back author, screenwriter, novelist and raconteur Marvin J. Wolf. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Marv served more than thirteen years active duty, including a combat tour in Vietnam, before returning to the States in 1974 to embark on a very successful career as a freelance writer and photojournalist that has continued for more than four decades.
Marv’s latest book, They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans, is a collaboration with Joseph L. Galloway, the New York Times bestselling author of the We Were Soldiers series and, like Marv, an accomplished journalist and decorated Vietnam veteran. They Were Soldiers not only profiles fifty men and women from various walks of life who served in Vietnam in one capacity or another, but shows that the Vietnam generation is every bit as worthy of respect and admiration as the generations of soldiers that preceded them—particularly in light of the animosity that many Vietnam veterans faced when they came home to the United States. Among those profiled in They Were Soldiers are Ted Gostas and Hal Kushner, both of whose stories Marv shares in this segment.
Why Oliver Stone’s Experience Typifies That of Many Vietnam Veterans
Original Airdates: May 29-31, 2020
TVC 495.2: Part 2 of our conversation with Marvin J. Wolf, co-author of They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans, a collaboration with New York Times bestselling author Joseph L. Galloway (We Were Soldiers) that profiles fifty men and women from various walks of life who served in Vietnam in one capacity or another. Among the veterans profiled in They Were Soldiers are former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel, former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone. In many respects, Oliver Stone’s personal story typifies that of many Vietnam veterans, as Marv discusses in this segment.
They Were Soldiers
Original Airdates: May 29-31, 2020
TVC 495.3: Part 3 of our conversation with Marvin J. Wolf, co-author of They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans, a collaboration with New York Times bestselling author Joseph L. Galloway (We Were Soldiers) that profiles fifty men and women who served in Vietnam in one capacity or another. Among the veterans profiled in They Were Soldiers is elder care activist Russell Balisok, whose story Marv shared in this segment.
The Women Who Served in Vietnam
Original Airdates: May 29-31, 2020
TVC 495.7: Part 4 of our conversation with Marvin J. Wolf, co-author of They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans, a collaboration with New York Times bestselling author Joseph L. Galloway (We Were Soldiers) that profiles fifty men and women who served in Vietnam in one capacity or another. Among the veterans profiled in They Were Soldiers are Diane Carlson Evans, founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial; Eileen Moore, a Vietnam nurse who is now a California Appellate Court judge; Mary Cohoe, the only Native American who served as a Red Cross “Donut Dolly” during the Vietnam War; and Scott Ratliff, a Native American who served in the Wyoming state legislature and founded Native Ed for All, an organization that strives to expose all students in Wyoming to Native American culture.
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