28-04-2025
The Vietnam War remade us. Do we even remember it?
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It's 50 years since the Vietnam War ended, and as Keith Richburg writes, living memory of the disastrous conflict is disappearing. For the baby boomers, Vietnam reshaped the U.S. military and the American public's relationship with government writ large; for younger generations, Keith writes, Vietnam is 'better known for beaches and backpackers than the war that bears its name.'
