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Vietnam was the first war that issued full freedom to the press, allowing media to cover the war as they saw it. Without censorship, appalling images enabled the public to see war, as they never had before. Many people believe that it was the media that sparked the lack of support for the war. The Tet Offensive, for example, would become one of the most controversial and climactic events in which the media played a role. Up to that point, the media had portrayed the U.S. as winning the war. When the North Vietnamese sprung an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon, however, the American public watched on as if they were there. Overall, the media had a huge effect on people's opinions on the war, such as whether to enlist or not, and their opinions on political decisions.

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The Anti-War Movement was a student protest that started as the Free Speech movement in California and spread around the world. All members of the Anti-War Movement shared an opposition to war in Vietnam and condemned U.S. presence there. They claimed this was violating Vietnam's rights. This movement resulted in growing activism on campuses aimed at social reform etc. Primarily a middle-class movement.

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The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. In this case, the dominoes were countries falling under the influence of communism.

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After the war, how had your life changed?

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After the war, how had your life changed?

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Well, it didn't change a bit. I was a schoolteacher when it started, and when it was through, I was a teacher afterword.

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Looking back, would you ever have considered enlisting?

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Looking back, would you ever have considered enlisting?

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"No. I was too busy raising kids."

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How did you feel about the anti-war demonstrations in the U.S.?

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How did you feel about the anti-war demonstrations in the U.S.?

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"Well, at that particular time, it made me aware of the fact that we weren’t responsible for keeping communism out of every country in the world. Do you know what the Domino effect was? We were told if we didn’t go over there and stop communism, then all of the countries in that part of the world would turn to communism. And it was our obligation, because well, what happens when you line dominos up in a line? Knock one over and they all go. That the domino effect would take place and we would have to deal with communists everywhere. Do you know what the communist philosophy was? That ends justifies the means. That they can lie, kill, rob, whatever, as long as they got what they wanted it was okay to do it.

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Did you agree with the U.S. decision to become involved in Vietnam? 

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Did you agree with the U.S. decision to become involved in Vietnam? 

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"Not really, because it wasn’t our fight. You know, after all the protesters, you know, that was back in the hippie days. As it turned out, that’s what basically got us out of here, you know was protesting, that we shouldn’t be killing our boys for other countries that wouldn’t fight for themselves."

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Why do you think the U.S. was involved in Vietnam and Southeast Asia? 

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Why do you think the U.S. was involved in Vietnam and Southeast Asia? 

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"You want the truth? Are you sure? It was an opportunity for us to go over there and fight communism, you know that’s what we were told. South Vietnam, they have a semi-democracy over there, so it worked for them. But North Vietnam, they didn’t want us involved, and we didn’t win the war, but we still made it."