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00:02:30.000:04:52.2parents' political views and affiliations; decision to be a
00:04:52.300:08:42.5discrimination against people in family or neighborhood; schools,
00:08:42.600:10:40.9existence of a generation gap; wardrobe
00:10:41.000:13:42.1feelings about the use of drugs; favorite musical groups, TV
00:13:42.200:15:34.4college
00:15:34.500:17:39.6understanding of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear war, the Cuban
00:17:39.700:20:06.4John F. Kennedy
00:20:06.500:23:13.2discrimination; following political and social issues in high school
00:23:13.300:25:26.3ROTC; involvement in political groups; leaving for Vietnam
00:25:26.400:26:21.4leaving home the first time
00:26:21.500:29:14.3serving in the Marine Corps in Vietnam; news of the unpopularity of
00:29:14.400:30:46.8adjusting to military life in Vietnam; understanding the purpose of
00:30:46.900:32:07.7combat
00:32:07.800:34:08.2difficulties for women serving in South East Asia
00:34:08.300:36:47.4relationships with fellow soldiers
00:36:47.500:38:19.9learning of the protests back home
00:38:20.000:40:18.1personal view of the war, changing opinion
00:40:18.200:42:29.2losing friends in the war; injury; coping with realities of war
00:42:29.300:44:36.2officers getting along with their men and women; letters from and to
00:44:36.300:46:54.9opinions of military tactics in Vietnam
00:46:55.000:48:17.8homecoming
00:48:17.900:50:08.9current contact with fellow veterans; injury; military service in
00:50:09.000:51:17.5work experience as a career Marine and a writer
00:51:17.600:52:38.6general relationships between men and women, music
00:52:38.700:55:41.4news sources
00:55:41.500:57:20.5participation in political, community, religious groups
00:57:20.600:59:57.7responses to desegregation, MLK, the Black Panthers
00:59:57.801:01:43.6first aware of the war in Vietnam; feelings about US involvement in
01:01:43.701:04:27.1the draft
01:04:27.201:06:41.9knowing people killed in Vietnam and POWs; changing opinion of the
01:06:42.001:08:41.9birth control; foreign policy issues
01:08:42.001:10:29.5nuclear bombing and testing
01:10:29.601:12:38.6awareness of atrocities in Vietnam
01:12:38.701:15:41.5Vietnam veterans; treatment of veterans; homecoming
01:15:41.601:18:20.4escalation of the war, the Tet Offensive
01:18:20.501:20:17.5Johnson's announcement; assassination of MLK; weathermen
01:20:17.601:22:18.8Democratic convention in Chicago; election of Richard Nixon;
01:22:18.901:23:42.8space program, US astronauts circling the moon
01:23:42.901:25:10.5effects of Sixties in general
01:25:10.601:27:37.3most important changes of the Sixties
01:27:37.401:28:57.5counter-culture
01:28:57.601:31:27.4John Kennedy; Lyndon Johnson
01:31:27.501:33:28.2Richard Nixon
01:33:28.301:34:41.7change in women's rights and position in society
01:34:41.801:36:41.7accomplishing the goals of the civil rights movement
01:36:41.801:38:52.8current political problems or strengths due to decisions made in the
01:38:52.901:40:47.9feelings when the war ended, different opinion of the war; Vietnam
01:40:48.001:43:39.7POW issue
01:43:39.801:45:13.7young people still striving to answer questions about the Sixties
01:45:13.899:59:59.8studying the Vietnam War - inaccurate views of the war due to lack