I have interviewed many Vietnam veterans in my career. For so many, that war and what they experienced both in Vietnam and in the USA when they return still haunts them, provokes them, intrigues them, fascinates them, disturbs them. And for people my age, this story told by individuals has been going on since 1966 and maybe even before.

I love films that capture real people in real situations debating real issues – talking openly about how they feel in this 1 is masterfully made. Just folks in a bar debating the war at a time when it was actively going on and some of those in the debate had fought in it. The film called 8 Flags for 99c by Chuck Olin. Ordinary citizens debating sides of the Vietnam war. Elements of what they are saying reminds me of the 1960sIn the heated debates about that war that were taking place in just about every home in America. On all sides. With a 50-50 America split for or against the war. Other things that they said remind me of debates going on today. In some ways things change. In other ways it seems they don't or at least haven't.

Subscribers are often asking my position then and now. I can share with you this: the Vietnam veterans who returned and presented what they experienced of any political stripe, I respected and honored. They had seen something I had not seen except on TV and you could see the reality of what they were describing by the intensity behind their eyes. That is why I interviewed them whenever I got the chance and let them express their experiences – many having never done that before, certainly in front of a camera.

There are many other clips on my YouTube channel from the Vietnam war era if you are interested. If you like this, please subscribe to see other David Hoffman interviews. #vietnamveteran #1960s #protests

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