Agenda
Third Triennial Vietnam Symposium
15 - 17 April 1999
| Wednesday, 14 April 1999 | |
| Noon (to 4:30) | Registration Desk open at Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza |
| Mrs. Mary Ann Harrison | |
| P.M. | Symposium participants arrive. To be met at Lubbock International Airport by Vietnam Center Staff, and taken to Lubbock Plaza Hotel |
| 4:30 p.m. | Bus departs from Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza for Texas Tech University for opening ceremonies of Wall visit |
| 5:00 p.m. | Opening Ceremonies for Vietnam Wall Visit |
| 6:00 p.m. | (Approx) Public Reception at University Center. For all participants, general public |
| 7:00 p.m. | Bus runs from University Center to International Cultural Center (for those attending fund raising dinner), then continues on to Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza |
| 7:00 p.m. | Reception at International Cultural Center for those participating in fund-raising dinner |
| 7:20 p.m. | Bus departs from Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza for International Cultural Center |
| 8:00 p.m. | Fund raising dinner at International Cultural Center |
| 8:45 p.m. | After-Dinner Program: |
| Recognition of distinguished guests Introduction of Texas Tech University Chancellor John T. Montford Unveiling of Vietnam Center Building |
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| Speaker: Dennis G. Harter, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, Hanoi | |
| 10:00 p.m. | (Approximately) Bus will depart International Cultural Center for Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza |
| Thursday, April 15, 1999 | |
| 8:00 a.m. (Until 4:45 p.m.) | Registration Desk open at Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza |
| 9:00 a.m. | Official opening of the symposium |
| Chancellor John T. Montford | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Panel 1: Differing Perceptions of the War (Roundtable Discussion) |
| Moderator: Vice Admiral Emmett H. Tidd, USN (Ret) | |
| Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN (Ret) | |
| General William B. Rosson, USA (Ret) | |
| Lieutenant General Nguyen Dinh Uoc, PAVN | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | Panel 2: We Also Served: Military Wives’ Experiences |
| (Roundtable Discussion) | |
| Moderator: Mrs. Mary Ann Harrison | |
| Mrs. Katherine Westmoreland | |
| Mrs. Mouza Zumwalt | |
| Mrs. Margaret Tidd | |
| Mrs. Norma Donlon | |
| Noon | Lunch. In the Atrium at the Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza |
| Luncheon Speaker: Dennis G. Harter, DCM, AmEmb Hanoi | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Vans depart hotel for tour of Ranching Heritage Center and the Museum of Texas Tech University |
| 1:30 p.m. | Panel 3a: US Military Support of the Lon Nol Government |
| Brigadier General (Ret) Theo. C. Mataxis, USA, American Military University, "The Activation and Operations of the US Military Equipment Delivery Team Cambodia (MEDTC)." | |
| Major General (Ret) John Cleland, USA, "Operations of MEDTC Before and After Cut Off of USAF Air Support (15 Aug. 1973)." | |
| Major General Ken Bowra, USA, CG US Army Special Warfare Center & School, "Operations and Withdrawal of MEDTC (Operation Eagle Pull)." | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Panel 3b: The Vietnam War on Campus: Other Voices, More Distant Drums |
| Chairman: Marc J. Gilbert, North Georgia College & State University | |
| Paul Lyons, Stockton State University, "The Sounds of Silence: Silent Boomers in an Age of Protest." | |
| Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State University, "The Anti-War Movement at Ball State University." | |
| Marc Jason Gilbert, North Georgia C&SU, "Lock and Load Revisited: Protest, Memory and the Internet." | |
| Steve Wheeler, Northeast State Technical CC [TN], "Hell No We Won’t Go -- Y’All: Southern Opposition to the War in Vietnam." | |
| Discussant: Ellen Pinzur, Independent Scholar | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Panel 3c: The Viet Kieu Experience |
| Chair/Commentator: The Hon. Bui Diem, former Ambassador to the US | |
| Brigadier General Tran Van Nhut, "The Aftermath of the Viet Nam War: A Soldier’s Perspective." | |
| Jeff Brody, California State University, Fullerton, "The Reporter from Little Saigon." | |
| Major Quang X. Pham, USMCR, "Vietnamese-Americans 2000: Beyond the War and Its Aftermath." | |
| Henry Nguyen, Texas Tech University, "From the Mekong Delta to America." | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 4a: Peace Operations in Cambodia |
| Chairman: Brigadier General Theo. C. Mataxis | |
| Gregory A. Olson, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, "Prince Norodom Sihanouk and Senator Mike Mansfield: The Nixon Administration’s Missed Opportunity to Avoid the Killing Fields." | |
| James G. Zumwalt, "The 1998 Elections in Cambodia." | |
| Shari Villarosa, US State Department, "Current Status and Future Trends in Cambodia." | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 4b: Vietnam in Art and Photography |
| Joan Seeman Robinson, University of Cincinnati, "Fire and Light: An Anti-war Mural at Syracuse University | |
| Antonia Neubauer, Slide presentation on Vietnamese Culture, Religions, etc. | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 4c: America’s Allies in Vietnam |
| Chair/Commentator, Douglas Pike, Texas Tech University | |
| Curtis Peoples, Texas Tech, "American Allies: The Role of Third Country Forces in Vietnam." | |
| Ronald B. Frankum, Texas Tech, "Another Vietnam War: Australia and the United States in Southeast Asia, 1963-65." | |
| Douglas Pike, "America’s NATO Allies and Vietnam." | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Panels finish for the day |
| 4:50 p.m. | Buses leave for American State Bank for Civic Reception |
| 5:00 p.m. | Civic Reception at American State Bank |
| 7:00 p.m. | (Approximately) Buses return to Holiday Inn Civic Center |
| 7:40 p.m. | Buses leave for Wall site |
| 8:00 p.m. | Candle light ceremony at Vietnam Wall |
| 9:00 p.m. | (Approx) Buses return to Holiday Inn Civic Center |
| Friday, 16 April 1999 | |
| 8:00 a.m. (Until 4:00 p.m.) | Registration/Information Desk open at Holiday Inn |
| 8:45 a.m. | Panel 5a: Early Vietnam War |
| Chair/Commentator: Colonel Roger Donlon, USA (Ret), M.H. | |
| Major Dave Toczek, USA, USMA West Point, "’A Miserable Damn Performance’: The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam, 1963." | |
| Anne Blair, Monash University [Australia], "The Battle of Nam Dong, July 1964: Three Turning Points in the War." | |
| John Coleman, UC Santa Barbara, "Advisors to Fighters: America’s First Combat Soldiers of the Vietnam War." | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Panel 5b: The Secret War in Laos (1) |
| Chair/Commentator: Earl H. Tilford, US Army War College | |
| Jane Hamilton-Merritt, "Advantages of a Guerrilla Force: The Hmong Contribution in the Secret War in Laos." | |
| Gayle Morrison, Independent Scholar, "Sky is Falling: The CIA’s Evacuation of the Hmong from Laos." | |
| Richard Verrone, Texas Tech, "The 1962 Geneva Accords on Laos and Debunking the ‘Cold War Rhetoric’." | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Panel 5c: Operation Ranch Hand, Vietnam, 1961-1971 |
| Lt.Col. Paul Cecil, USAF (Ret), "Target Nomination, Approval, and Mission Planning for Spray Targets." | |
| Colonel Ralph Dresser, USAF (Ret), "Flying Techniques Developed, and Tactics Used by Aircrew Flying the Spray Mission." | |
| Major Jack Spey, USAF (Ret), "The Association of Combat Crop Dusters, and the Myths about ‘Agent Orange’." | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | TTU van departs for Vietnam Archive tour [return in time for lunch] |
| 10:30 a.m. | Panel 6a: Vietnam Battles, 1968-1973 |
| Mark Moyar, Independent Scholar, "Deception and Conspiracy During the Tet Offensive. | |
| James McLeroy, Independent Scholar, "The Battle of Kham Duc Special Forces Camp, May 10-12, 1968 | |
| Howard Feng, US National Archives, "The Path to the Ben Hai: Vietnamization, Force Structuring, and the Activation of the 3rd ARVN Infantry Division, October, 1971." | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Panel 6b: The Secret War in Laos (2) |
| Chair/Commentator: William Head, Warner-Robins ALC | |
| John Prados, Independent Scholar, "International Aspects of the War in Laos." | |
| Earl H. Tilford, US Army War College, "Operation Commando Hunt: The Air War Against the Ho Chi Minh Trail." | |
| Tim Castle, Air Command and Staff College, "Bombing Through the Clouds: The Establishment and Operation of Site 85." | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Panel 6c: Dioxins and Health |
| Chair: Dr. Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH, Univ. of Texas Houston School of Public Health | |
| Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. | |
| Dr. Anne Sweeney, Epidemiologist, UTH SPH | |
| Dr. Robert Haley, Gulf War Syndrome Specialist, UTH SPH | |
| George Claxton, VVA National Agent Orange Chairman | |
| 12:00 | Lunch. Luncheon Speaker: Former South Vietnamese Prime Minister General Nguyen Khanh |
| 1:30 p.m. | Panels 7a: Crises and Turning Points |
| Chair/Commentator, Jim Harper, Texas Tech University | |
| Fred Logevall, UC, Santa Barbara, "Window of Opportunity: Lyndon Johnson and Disengagement from Vietnam, "November 1964 - February 1965." | |
| Major General (Ret) Edward B. Atkeson, USA, Institute of Land Warfare, AUSA, "Vietnam War Strategy: A Prosecutor’s Brief." | |
| David Fuhrmann, Independent Scholar, "America’s First Indochina Crisis, 1940-41." | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Panel 7b: The Vietnamese Revolution: Retrospect & Prospect |
| Chairman: Nguyen Manh Hung, George Mason University | |
| Do Quy Toan, The Ky 21 (21st Century) Magazine, "Civic Culture in Vietnam’s Tradition." | |
| Nguyen Manh Hung, George Mason University, "Debates on the Nature and Director of the Vietnamese Revolution." | |
| Le Van Tien, Westminster, CA, "From the Second to the Eighth Party Congress: Comparison of Two Generations of Communist Leadership." | |
| 1:30 p.m. | |
| Col. Jack Broughton, USAF (Ret), "Rolling Thunder: Attacking Hanoi from the Air -- With Hands Tied Behind Your Back." | |
| Jay Veith, Independent Scholar, "The Real ‘Tailwind’: The First POW Raids and the Tear Gas Controversy of 1965." | |
| 1:30 p.m. | TTU vans depart for City of Lubbock tour and visit to Llano Estacado Winery |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 8a: Key Figures and Organizations: |
| Chair/Commentator, Patricia Pelley, Texas Tech University | |
| Samuel B. Hoff, Delaware State University, and Randy Bush, Butler CC, Wichita, KS, "Colby versus McNamara: Vietnam Performance and Postscript." | |
| Geoffrey D.T. Shaw, University of Manitoba, "The Counterinsurgency Legacy of William Colby and Frederick (Fritz) Nolting during the Diem Period." | |
| John D. Root, Illinois Institute of Technology, "’Arsenal for Ideas’: The Rand Corporation and the Vietnam War." | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 8b: Vietnam and China |
| Nguyen Hong Thach, Ph.D. Candidate, ADFA, "Vietnam between China and the United States: A Comparative Study of the Geneva Conference of 1954 and the Paris Conference, 1968-73." | |
| Lynn Sholtis, Texas Tech, "China’s Impact on US Policy in Vietnam." | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel 8c: Rescue Operations |
| Gerald Nicosia, Independent Scholar, "'Operation RAW (Rapid American Withdrawal)': One of the First Major Actions Staged by Vietnam Veterans Against the War." | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Last panel ends |
| 5:00 p.m. | Ceremony at Wall. Speaker: Colonel Roger Donlon, Medal of Honor |
| 6:45 p.m. | Buses depart Holiday Inn for Conference Banquet |
| 7:00 p.m. | Reception at International Cultural Center |
| 8:00 p.m. | Conference Banquet |
| 8:45 p.m. | After Dinner Program |
| Recognition of Distinguished Guests | |
| Introduction of Speaker: Hon. Larry Combest | |
| Speaker: US Representative Sam Johnson [Former POW | |
| 10:00 p.m. | (Approx) Buses return to Holiday Inn Civic Center |
| Saturday, 17 April 1999 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | (Until 4:00 p.m.) Registration/Information Desk open at Holiday Inn |
| 8:45 a.m. | Panel 9a: End of the War in Vietnam, 1973-1975 |
| Chair/Commentator: Larry Berman, University of California at Davis | |
| James Willbanks, Army Command & General Staff College, "The Fall of South Vietnam." | |
| James E. Parker, Jr., Independent Scholar, "The Evacuation of South Vietnam, 1975." | |
| Captain Kiem Do, VNN, "The Role of the Vietnamese Navy in the Evacuation of South Vietnam." | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Panel 9b: Vietnam and the US National Archives |
| Richard L. Boylan, Cliff L. Snyder, Jeannine S. Swift, National Archives | |
| 1. Background of Vietnam Records and Vietnam Records Processing | |
| 2. Records Access | |
| 3. Nature of Vietnam Research at NARA, Past, Present, Future Possibilities | |
| 4. Present Use of Technology and the Records | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Panel 9c: Legal and Human Rights |
| Gary D. Solis, US Military Academy, "General Courts-Martial in Vietnam: Heavy Handed or Sentencing Sweethearts?" | |
| James F. Lewis, Wheaton College, "Reversal is the Movement of the Tao: Human Rights and the Policies and Practices of the SRV toward the Religion of the Highland Minorities: The Case of the Hmong: 1989-1998." | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Vans depart for tour of Vietnam Archive [return in time for lunch] |
| 10:30 a.m. | Panel 10a: Naval Topics |
| William A. Mitchell, David Sarabia, Daniel Faraci, James Kurtz, Baylor University, "The Combined American, Republic of Vietnam, and Khmer Republic Effort to Protect Vital Transnational Mekong River Convoys in 1971." | |
| Les Cullen, Texas Tech, "’A Damascus Road Experience’: Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., and ACTOV’s Human Dimension." | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Panel 10b: Archives and Research |
| Arthur J. Dommen, George Mason University, "Searching for Vietnam History Through the US National Archives." | |
| Stephen Denney, UC Berkeley, "Watching Hanoi: The Changing Conditions for Following Contemporary Developments in Vietnam." | |
| John Newman, Colorado State, "Vietnam War Literature at Colorado State." | |
| Ron Frankum, Texas Tech, "The Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University." | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Panel 10C: The Media and the War |
| Neal Ulevich, Associated Press, "In Vietnam We Looked Like This: Portraits of the Press --and Others-- in the War." | |
| David Morokoff, Texas Tech, "The Media’s Coverage of the Vietnam War." | |
| Noon | Lunch. Luncheon speaker: TBA |
| 1:30 p.m. | Panel 11: Teaching the Vietnam War (Plenary Session) |
| Chair/Discussant: William W. Cobb, Jr., Utah Valley State College | |
| Joe Dunn, Converse College, "Day One of a Vietnam War Course." | |
| Marc J. Gilbert, North Georgia College & State University, "Day Two of a Vietnam War Course." | |
| Randy Fertel, Tulane University, "Teaching the Vietnam War as an | |
| Interdisciplinary Text." | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Vans depart for tour of Lubbock Lakesite |
| 3:00 p.m. | Plenary Session: Final Summing Up and Recommendations for the Future |
| 4:00 p.m. | Symposium closes |
| 5:00 p.m. | Buses departs for V-8 Ranch |
| Schedule of evening yet to be arranged. | |
| Mariachi music | |
| Mounted maneuvers by 4th US Cavalry | |
| Dancing by Mexican Ballet Folklorico Atzlan | |
| Western Music by "Blue Prairie" musical group | |
| Authentic West Texas Barbecue Dinner | |
| 9:00 p.m. | (Approx): Buses return to Holiday Inn Lubbock Plaza |
| 9:30 p.m. | (Till ?) Comradeship at Lubbock Plaza bar |
| Sunday, 18 April 1999 | |
| 5:00 a.m. | (Until complete) Vietnam Center staff at Holiday Inn to bid guests farewell and transport them to airport |
| 7:40 a.m. | Bus departs Holiday Inn Civic Center for Wall site |
| 8:00 a.m. | Nondenominational Memorial Service at the Moving Wall |
| 9:00 a.m. | (Approx.) Bus returns to Holiday Inn Civic Center |
| 5:00 p.m. | Closing ceremonies at Wall site |
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