I graduated h.s. in 1967 and my father in particular was an avid news watcher, probably because he had been in the military as an Air Force navigator during the 1950s when we were living in England. So through my dad I also became very interested in following the news. I saw all the Vietnam coverage and I don't think it disturbed me ter…
I graduated h.s. in 1967 and my father in particular was an avid news watcher, probably because he had been in the military as an Air Force navigator during the 1950s when we were living in England. So through my dad I also became very interested in following the news. I saw all the Vietnam coverage and I don't think it disturbed me terribly, but I did absorb what I saw. My h.s. boyfriend (now my husband!) was drafted in 1966 and sent to Vietnam for a year. Through him I've learned more of the "truth" about what he experienced and saw first hand, and how very misleading and often wrong much of the media coverage about it was. On another subject, however, my parents were VERY careful about what movies I saw. Movies weren't so bad then, but they really monitored what I could see and also read. They made sure I didn't learn about the wrong things at an early age.
I graduated h.s. in 1967 and my father in particular was an avid news watcher, probably because he had been in the military as an Air Force navigator during the 1950s when we were living in England. So through my dad I also became very interested in following the news. I saw all the Vietnam coverage and I don't think it disturbed me terribly, but I did absorb what I saw. My h.s. boyfriend (now my husband!) was drafted in 1966 and sent to Vietnam for a year. Through him I've learned more of the "truth" about what he experienced and saw first hand, and how very misleading and often wrong much of the media coverage about it was. On another subject, however, my parents were VERY careful about what movies I saw. Movies weren't so bad then, but they really monitored what I could see and also read. They made sure I didn't learn about the wrong things at an early age.