1989年2月4日 · For years I had been hearing stories that when American troops returned home from Vietnam, they were spat upon by anti-war protesters. The stories were usually very specific. A soldier, fresh from Vietnam duty, wearing his uniform, gets off the plane at an American airport, where he is spat upon by "hippies."

The 1970 invasion of communist sanctuaries in Cambodia sparked renewed protests at home. War fatigue resulted in more discipline issues in the military, including drug use and racial tension, in the early 1970s. After North Vietnam’s failed spring offensive and massive American B-52 bombings over Hanoi in 1972, negotiations accelerated.

2018年11月8日 · In popular culture, the stereotype of the broken, homeless Vietnam vet began to take hold thanks to films like The Deer Hunter (1978), Coming Home (1978) and First Blood (1982).

2023年2月20日 · ”Joe came home January 2, 1970. He was wildly welcomed by his family at TF Green, but he had been harassed at another airport on his way here. When he interviewed for one job, he was told he...

2019年7月10日 · Vietnam soldiers coming home faced a stigma they didn't understand, much less anticipate, and economic, social, and physical challenges that would last for decades. Vietnam soldiers returning home were met with protests and attacks, spit on and humiliated in the process.

Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by Nancy Dowd. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty.

2021年11月11日 · DeLamater left Saigon on Aug. 24, 1970. He had been given the option to extend his time in Vietnam by six months in order to leave the Air Force six months early and return to student life. “I still was wearing my Army stuff when I …

2011年6月4日 · After they arrived, he boarded a plane back to the U.S. with a group of war-weary troops who just finished their year-long tour in Vietnam. The result is a fascinating documentary-style look at the...

2012年3月8日 · Forty-two years ago, I departed for a small country in Southeast Asia called, Vietnam. The United States was at war, and I was one of two-hundred teenage soldiers aboard a Pan American Boeing 707 jet airliner – we were packed inside, not an empty seat to be had. Several of these commercial flights left daily…

2024年3月11日 · American soldiers returning home from Vietnam often faced scorn as the war they had fought in became increasingly unpopular. Check out six facts about this iconic testament to sacrifice and...