Threlkeld, Richard. “Vietnam War, 1970: CBS Camera Rolls as platoon comes under fire.” CBS , Mar. 1970. The CBS video begins with the American soldiers hiking through the jungles looking for a “elusive enemy”. The video continues telling how each of the soldiers plans for the future and how this war has effected them. “Blue didn't want to come to Vietnam and he much rather be a business man than a soldier” helps to show that this war was not something everyone wanted. The footage then shows the platoon taking fire and returning fire. A soldier known as hero gets shot in the legs and gains his fourth purple hurt. “The enemy soldier who shot Jorgensen can not be found he may have survived or dragged himself off to die. Most of the time you really never know” The Newscast shows the toll the war takes on the soldiers themselves, showing that they aren't just pawns being sent out to die but real people with hopes and dreams.
Delaney, Kevin. “ABC.” ABC News , ABC, 30 Apr. 1975. The news cast starts with talks of peace between Viet cong and America. “It followed a year of renewed bombing of the north and the mining haiphong harbor“ however it then begun to go off onto a different topic the prisoner.”On the last day of captivity the prisoners were inspected …show more content…
Kevin Delaney states “We all knew the evacuation of Americans was near but it still hit us with surprising suddenness”. Delaney continues talking about how he and others decided to ignore the initial request to evacuate and wait until they were ordered out. Hilary Brown began asking a Us Marine officer about how the evacuation would get everyone off of the island, seeming more interested in getting information then actually getting off the island. The lack of urgency makes the entire newscast seem less about news and more about getting just a