Dr. Christopher J Levesque

How did a US Army mission in Vietnam end with the massacre of up to 500 people?
In this episode, Don is joined by Christopher Levesque to examine one of the most harrowing chapters of the war in Vietnam. They return to March 1968, when the men of Charlie Company undertook a "search and destroy" mission in the Quang Ngai province of Son My.
Chris holds a joint appointment at the University of West Florida Libraries and the UWF Historic Trust. He is an archivist and teaches at the University of Western Florida, Pensacola, and the University of Charleston.
Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.

This podcast was recorded as part of the conference "Veteran Politics and Memory: A Global Perspective" at the University of Warwick and Coventry University (16 to 18 April 2021). In this podcast, host Jeffrey Seiken guides us through an in-depth conversation on veteran activism and protest from a global perspective. Fellow podcast speakers are: Christopher Levesque (University of West Florida), Hannah Richards (Cardiff University), and Jacqueline Lin (University of Cambridge).