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    Episode 4: “We want the dead to come back to us.”

    Episode 4: “We want the dead to come back to us.”

    FromThe American War

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    Episode 4: “We want the dead to come back to us.”

    FromThe American War

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    Length:
    23 minutes
    Released:
    Sep 21, 2017
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Many of the Gold Star parents who lost their children in Vietnam are aging, and as they are, their stories are being lost. Alyssa finds out how Lynn Novick and Ken Burns found Jean-Marie Crocker, a Gold Star mother.
    Released:
    Sep 21, 2017
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (11)

    A podcast guide to "The Vietnam War," the new documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Washington Post Opinion columnist Alyssa Rosenberg breaks down each episode of the film with Burns and Novick themselves, getting the story behind the stories, and grappling with the lessons the United States learned -- and failed to learn -- in Vietnam and at home. Listen after you watch each episode of "The Vietnam War" for a new perspective on how the film was made and what it all means.