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Re: Vietnam War Anniversary



"Celebrating", no. Remembering the dead, the missing, the suffering and the
lessons hopefully learned, yes.

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
419-352-5616
tberry@wcnet.org

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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