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Photo of Vietnamese students sit in a courtyard at City University in Paris, Aug. 27, 1963, at the start of a proposed 24-hour hunger strike against actions of the government in South Viet Nam. The government has put the country under martial law to quell protests of Buddhist monks and students.

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How Did World Media View the War in Vietnam?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher 12/28/20231/4/2024

This classified document sheds light on U.S. government attempts to monitor the media.

He Reported From the Trenches, From World War II to Vietnam

by Marc Leepson 7/5/20227/20/2022

These Female Journalists Broke Barriers During the Vietnam War

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher 6/22/20222/27/2023

WWI in the Alps: An American Journalist on the Italian Front Lines

by E. Alexander Powell 3/22/20223/22/2022

Yank Magazine Created a Unique Record of American Soldiers’ Roles in World War II

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher 1/4/20221/27/2022

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‘Ernie was one of us’

by Roy Morris Jr. 1/12/20213/2/2024

After Bull Run, Abraham Lincoln Fought a New Battle in the Civil War: Home-Front Journalism

by Amy Chan 4/21/20203/31/2024

How the Civil War was Boom Time for the News Business

by Jennifer Berry 4/16/20194/18/2019

Highway to Hell: Journalist Michael Kelly and the Iraq War

by Claire Barrett 2/19/20191/17/2022

Tet in the News

by Claire Barrett 1/8/201911/20/2018