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Vietnam: A Television History, Vietnam Interview: Tran Duy Hung
produced by WGBH Boston, in Vietnam: A Television History (Boston, MA: WGBH Boston, 2011), 56 mins
Dr. Tran Duy Hung recalls his years as a Vietnamese medical student under the French and describes meeting Ho Chi Minh, who asked him to serve as Mayor of Hanoi. He recounts the famine in Hanoi during the Japanese occupation in 1945, and describes the Independence Day celebrations there. Finally, he describes the...
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produced by WGBH Boston, in Vietnam: A Television History (Boston, MA: WGBH Boston, 2011), 56 mins
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Dr. Tran Duy Hung recalls his years as a Vietnamese medical student under the French and describes meeting Ho Chi Minh, who asked him to serve as Mayor of Hanoi. He recounts the famine in Hanoi during the Japanese occupation in 1945, and describes the Independence Day celebrations there. Finally, he describes the citys skirmishes with French troops in 1946 and recalls in detail the 1965 and 1972 bombings of Hanoi by the Americans.
Date Written / Recorded
1981-02-03
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
WGBH Boston
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Person Discussed
Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969
Topic / Theme
Skirmishes, Mayors, Bombardment, Military occupation, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, First Indochina War, 1946-1954, War and Violence, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), Americans, Vietnamese, French, Japanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of WGBH Boston.
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