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Just this morning on our community radio station someone pointed out that in the west the war was known as the Vietnam War but in Vietnam it is known as the American War. And one of the enduring myths in Australia is the claim that returning veterans were spat on in the street. No-one has been able to provide convincing examples where this happened. A few years I went to one of the social functions for PhD students at my uni. I used to go to them to get the odd glass or two of decent red wine and some nice nibbles. But I also went to see what other students were doing. One guy (about my age late 50s) came up and we started chatting. He said he was ex-regular army and was doing a thesis on the legacy of Vietnam on Veterans. I have to tell you that I was out on the streets protesting against the war I said. His reply was 'You were right but we didn't understand that at the time'. But sadly the opposition to the war inside the Australian was much more muted at the time than in the American Army. Veterans only started to wise up (and many didn't) when they returned and got badly treated by successive governments. doug jordan. > > ________________________ >Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu >Set your options at: >http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/dajj1950%40primusonline.com.au ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
