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Good Morning Vietnam

Various Artists
Good Morning Vietnam

From Saigon: the sounds of sonar, tank caterpillars and machine-gun fire overshadow a schoolchildren’s math lesson and a prayer for peace prayed by a monk; we observe American soldiers blunting their confusion with booze, as they make arrangements with prostitutes…One man wonders, “I don’t even know what I’ll do when I get back to the world, but I hope I’ll do something good.” Good Morning, Vietnam is a sound collage compiled by Claude Johner, a photographer who was touched by the ravages of war, “the reality of which is beyond those who direct it.”

Track Listing

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Radio A.V.F.N. broadcaster
01:19
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102
A Philippino orchestra and American GIs
01:17
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103
Vietnamese children and "Phantom" jets, recorded in a village near Denang
02:12
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104
American GIs and Vietnamese citizens
03:33
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105
American GIs and Vietnamese citizens
05:21
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106
American GIs and Vietnamese citizens
04:52
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107
American GIs and Vietnamese citizens
08:59
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201
American GIs and Vietnamese citizens
11:21
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202
American GIs and Vietnamese citizens
07:51
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203
Recorded GIs and Vietnamese citizens
09:25