Walter Cronkite, anchorman of the CBS Evening News, discusses his Vietnam War coverage and the importance of his commentary. Cronkite reported live from Vietnam in February 1968.

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.

Alan Alda, one of the stars of 70's T.V. series M*A*S*H, talks about what it was like to film the last episode of this show that defined a generation. Alda describes the emotion that were involved as well as what everybody did when they finally shut the camera off after the filming of the last scene. M*A*S*H is an American television series that came out in the 70?s, created by Larry Gelbart.

John Murtagh was nine years old when his family's home was bombed by the Weather Underground. His father, a judge, was presiding over a case involving Black Panthers, a group that the Weather Underground supported. Murtagh shares his memories of that night. The Weather Underground was a radical leftist group active from about 1970 to 1981 that conducted a series of high-profile bombings.

Weather Underground co-founder Mark Rudd discusses the regret he still feels and recalls spending many years on the run after being indicted. He served a short jail sentence after turning himself in and became a math instructor at a community college. The Weather Underground was a radical leftist group active from about 1970 to 1981 that conducted a series of high-profile bombings.

FBI informant Larry Grathwohl discusses Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn's plan for America from the perspective of an undercover member of the Weather Underground organization. He remembers plans to re-educate citizens and eliminate the Americans who refused to conform to their post-revolution world.

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.