American ground troops had been in Vietnam for only a couple of months, but they represented a significant escalation in the history of the war. Listen to IF Stone’s speech at the Vietnam Teach-in, Berkeley, California on May 21, 1965….
- "There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars." — Jack Kerouac
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