"Two Days in October"-see this documentary-if you have the chance

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/

Based on the book They Marched Into Sunlight by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss, Two Days in October tells the story of two turbulent days in October 1967 when history turned a corner.

In Vietnam, a U.S. battalion unwittingly marched into a Viet Cong trap. Sixty-one young men were killed and as many wounded. The ambush prompted some in power to wonder whether the war might be unwinnable.

Half a world away, concerned students at the University of Wisconsin protested the presence of Dow Chemical recruiters on campus. When Madison police showed up, the demonstration spiraled out of control, marking the first time that a student protest had turned violent.

Told entirely by the people who took part in the harrowing events of those two days -- American soldiers, police officers, relatives of men killed in battle, protesting students, university administrators and Viet Cong fighters -- the film offers a window onto a moment that divided a nation and a war that continues to haunt us.

[rzemanfl]

1. Read the book. It was strange because I still have clear mental

images of the way many of the Madison people looked at the time.

[w8liftinglady]

2. I am watching it right now.Damn.

hearing the stories told by these soldiers makes me so sad for all our men who have been forced into a hopeless bloodbath.Watching these stoic guys break down and cry as they talk about their buddies' deaths like it happened yesterday...I see that pain in my own son's eyes.it kills me.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

3. I'm watching too!

:patriot: :hug: :cry: :cry: :cry: :grouphug:

[w8liftinglady]

4. Thanks,diana...it's making me cry...and angry at the chickenhawks

:hug:

[MadMaddie]

5. I saw it awhile back....and it was upsetting...

the police still believe they did nothing wrong by cracking the students heads....and the administrator that called the police.....never regretted making his decision.... simply amazing...