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Local Focus: The Vietnam War — Preview 1

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Julie Akins interviews Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their mini-series, The Vietnam War.

Host Julie Akins interviews Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about making their mini-series, The Vietnam War. In addition, special guest and Oregon’s only four-star General “Tony” McPeak, who graduated from Grants Pass High School, talks about Vietnam and describes working on the film. Learn what the filmmakers discovered while making this epic 10-year project.

08/22/2017

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