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Re: Vietnam War Anniversary



If I could seperate myself from the loss of life, on all sides, I would
find the messages from today an interesting social commentary.  As it is
I am just sad that this war is still splitting us apart.
Richard Veazey
former USMC 1967-1970

"Scott, Paul (FPM)" wrote:
>
> While that "crazy Asian war" may have ended with the fall of Saigon, the
> killing did not.
>
> The Stalinist and Maoist of North Vietnam and Cambodia killed more people
> consolidating their victory than died during the war.
>
> Not everyone on this lists thinks that this is something that we should be
> celebrating.
> Paul R. Scott
> Records Manager (and former Capt. USMCR)
> Harris County, Texas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J. Frank Cook [SMTP:fcook@LIBRARY.WISC.EDU]
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:38 PM
> > To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> > Subject:      Re: Vietnam War Anniversary
> >
> > Patrick J. Prior
> >
> > I am sending this response to the list instead of just to you only because
> > you did.
> >
> > No, he was a major figure in the anti-war movement here in Madison and I
> > was just sharing the story about a good friend of mine -- mostly with
> > Midwest Archives Conference members for whom I don't have a separate
> > list.  He was never in the military to the best of my knowledge, just
> > celebrating an end to "that crazy Asian War" as the popular song had it --
> > and as a lot of us did 25 years ago.
> >
> > Frank.
> >
> >
> > At 12:27 PM 5/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Frank,
> > >
> > >I am having a hard time understanding this post.  Was Quinn somehow
> > >involved in the final mad rush from Saigon in 1975?  Or was he an
> > anti-war
> > >protester?  Or both?  And what was he celebrating?
> > >
> > >Yours in Haste,
> > >Patrick J. Prior
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On the 25th anniversary of the end of the war -- and also May Day -- it
> > is
> > >fitting to remember the contributions of one of our own to that effort.
> > >
> > >Patrick M. Quinn, formerly of this shop and now archivist of Northwestern
> > >University, was interviewed by the Madison evening newspaper, The Capital
> > >Times, on Saturday, April 29th for their article on "The Fall of
> > >Saigon."  The front page article concluded with:
> > >
> > >         "Patrick Quinn had been gone from Madison for a year, but the
> > > calls from
> > >UW friends from around the country flooded in as images of a helicopter
> > >pulling away from the US. Embassy in Saigon flashed on the TV screen.
> > >         Quinn, a key organizer in Madison's anti-war movement and the
> > > assistant
> > >archivist at the State Historical Society, moved on to Northwestern
> > >University in 1974 [Patrick worked at the SHSW before coming to the
> > >University Archives], where he became the head archivist.  He said he
> > >'banged back that Old Style' beer in a private celebration with his
> > family,
> > >but said there weren't any public celebrations to join down there.
> > >         The war, he noted, had been fading for years, but there had been
> > > no real
> > >conclusion until that moment."
> > >
> > >
>
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