Echoes of War

It is impossible to completely understand what war is like unless you’ve been there. Nebraska U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and his brother Tom understand because they fought together in America’s most controversial conflict, the war in Vietnam. The Hagels fought in the same platoon in the same battles. They fought together through rice paddies and rivers. And they were wounded together, twice, in ambushes. And they survived together. In August of 1999, the Hagel brothers returned to Vietnam. “Echoes of War” is the story of their journey, their experience during the war, and their reflections on the meaning and worth of the war in Vietnam. Copyright 1999 Length 30 minutes