Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns’s new documentary The Vietnam War airs this week on SCETV. As a companion piece, we talked with Vietnam veterans Wade Fulmer and Jim Knight, as well as historian Fritz Hamer, who pointed out that Vietnam was the most unconventional of wars the U.S. had been involved in. After the Gulf of Tonkin affair, President Johnson increased troop numbers in Vietnam radically, and Fulmer tells of his drafting and his trust, at the time, in his government. Knight, who had long envisioned military experience for himself, cheerfully volunteered for duty, going to Germany before being transferred to Vietnam. Once there and immersed in the war, both veterans began to question the decisions of the government that had sent them there.
00000177-2120-db48-a97f-fb22304a0000South Carolina has a rich military history, beginning in the Colonial Era. Today, the state has a significant military presence. SC Public Radio and SCETV offers news coverage of South Carolina's active bases, military personnel and veterans, and the economic and cultural impact they have on communities throughout the state and across the nation, as well as stories and profiles exploring our state's military history.
Vietnam War Was a Harrowing Experience for South Carolina Veterans
James K. F. Dung, SFC; U.S. National Archives Catalog:530610
