If you're eager to learn more about life during the Vietnam War and how it impacted the lives of Americans, this episode is for you. The Homefront, provides key details and experiences of what life was like as an American citizen during the Vietnam War; and includes a fascinating interview from the point of view of Daniel Thekan and what life was like during the war while entering adulthood.
If you would like to learn more information mentioned within the podcast, here are some links:
Buddhist Monk Protest:
Veteran's Suicide Rate After War:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/veteran-suicide (Links to an external site.)
Works Cited
Bagwell, Lauren and Blake Olvera. "Background." Vietnam Homefront, blogs.baylor.edu/vietnamhomefront/. Accessed 26 May 2021.
History.com Editors. "Vietnam War." History A&E Television Networks, 18 May 2021, Accessed 26 May 2021.
Michigan in the World. "The Military Draft During the Vietnam War." Resistance and Revolution: The Anti-Vietnam War Movement at the University of Michigan, 1965-1972, 2016, Accessed 26 May 2021.
Thekan, Daniel. Interview. 12 May 2021.