Ken Burns' 10 episode documentary,
VietNam War. We are currently on episode 2. The first 10 episodes are on our DVR recorded from PBS, but it's also on Netflix. For some reason I thought is had 18 episodes. Now I'm confused and have to double check on that. EDIT: No, it's only 10. Thank goodness, I don't think I could handle 18 hours of war!
I really like the work Ken Burns does with his documentaries. But even though I lived through most of this time*, within a couple of months after my brother was sent to VietNam, I stopped reading or listening to the news about VietNam. Unfortunately I buried my head in the sand, so to speak, because I didn't want to see or hear anything that would cause me distress over my brother. We wrote to each other, but we never discussed the war or the conditions surrounding his presence there.
So I expect to learn a lot that I never was willing to learn about starting 50 years ago when I was only 18 or 19. If I can take it all in is questionable, of course. He is alive, of course, so it shouldn't be impossible to watch. But 18 hours of war torn events might be more than I can handle. I don't know yet. My husband sure is interested, though.
*Historically speaking, the VietNam conflicts started before I was born, but US involvement began shortly before I was born)
