The Vietnam War Soundtrack

So What

Miles Davis - 21 American Icons

Kennedy inauguration, 1961. Jack Todd: believed America a special country.

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My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Jacqueline Schwabe

Kennedy inauguration speech: "...ask not." John Musgrave on his Missouri hometown in the 60s.

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01 Ghosts I

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

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32 Ghosts IV

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

Counterinsurgency, increased funding and materiels, napalm, defoliants, advisors.

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Dirty Overalls (My Dirty Overhauls)

Woody Guthrie - Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs

Pete Hunting, Peace Corps volunteer [?] Vietnam.

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Honky Tonk Pt. 1

Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk! - EP

The Peace Corps. Rufus Phillips, USAID.

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Stand By Me

Ben E. King - 1960s Happy Days

Bill Zimmerman. The Civil Rights Movement. Protests against nuclear weapons proliferation.

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Walk, Don't Run - Stereo

The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

American homefront 1962.

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Walk, Don't Run

The Ventures - Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 4

American homefront 1962.

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12 Ghosts II

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

John F. Kennedy thoughts on the Coup, and of the future of Vietnam.

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34 Ghosts IV

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

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Mean Old World

Sam Cooke - The Man Who Invented Soul

End credits.

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