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Epic 10-part documentary, The Vietnam War p. 4 SEPT OCT 17 For Members of the Nine Network of Public Media SCC1634_MainCampus_Neuro-Onc_NINEMag-OL.indd 1 7/27/16 1:11 PM September–October 2017 Contents Volume 8, Number 5 Page 4 Vietnam War Documentary Finds an Echo in the Present The Nine Network Program Guide 2 Photo Montage 22 September Listings 3 Message from the President 31 September Prime Time 4 Vietnam War Documentary Finds an Echo in the Present 33 Nine Create 7 Igniting the Spirit of Possibility Campaign Donors 35 Nine World/Nine PBS KIDS® and Community of Supporters 37 October Listings Find an expansive listing of the generous Visionary Leadership Circle and Community of Supporters who have enabled 45 October Prime Time the Nine Network to expand the value of our local and national content. 11 Nine Networking On the cover: More than 40 years after the Vietnam War Committed to fulfilling our role Nine to broadcast St. Louis ended, we can’t forget it. 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Each Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. episode will premiere at 7:00 p.m. The series will be rebroadcast throughout the fall. “We are all searching for some meaning in this terrible tragedy. Ken and I have tried to shed new light on the war The epic documentary avoids clichés with fresh testimony by looking at it from the bottom up, the top down and from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans from all sides,” says Novick. “In addition to dozens of who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Americans who shared their stories, we interviewed many Vietnamese on both the winning and losing sides, and Vietnam.
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