Jeanne Bokina Christie was a member of the American Red Cross group, the "Donut Dollies," a group of young females sent to Vietnam to help boost the morale of U.S. troops with recreational programs. Christie talks about trying to cheer up soldiers with games and jokes: "We were there for the American G.I." She talks about soldiers receiving Dear John letters–letters from significant others with the intent to end a relationship–which would devastate them, causing some to kill themselves. View more veterans' stories at the Veterans History Project and see more interviews conducted by the Central Connecticut State University.

Eddie Adams, an American combat photographer and photojournalist, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken on a Saigon street on February 1, 1968. Adams was covering the Vietnam War for the Associated Press and caught this photo of Police Chief General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Vietcong Prisoner Nguyen Van Lem. The Vietnam War started in November 1955 and lasted until April 1975. The war took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and its communist allies and South Vietnam, the United States, and their anti-communist allies.

Richard Franklin Johnson explains his life during the Vietnam War era and shares his opinion about the war.