This interactive timeline was created by KCTS 9 Digital Studios to complement the PBS presentation of The Vietnam War, a ten-part documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Learn more about the documentary.

Listen to all the music from the documentary online and on Spotify.

Credits

Liner notes contributor Doug Bradley is co-author, along with cultural historian Craig Werner, of We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War, which explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the world back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight.

Bradley has written extensively about his Vietnam and post-Vietnam experiences. Drafted into the U. S. Army in March 1970, he served one year as an information specialist (journalist) at U. S. Army Republic of Vietnam (USARV) headquarters near Saigon. Following his discharge and tenure in graduate school, Doug relocated to Madison, Wis., where he helped establish Vets House, a storefront, community-based service center for Vietnam-era veterans.

Digital Director: Patty Lindley

Research/Content Production:  Mason Bryan, Rory Graves, Patty Lindley, Julia Regalia

Digital Development: Joseph Liu

Digital Design: Joseph Liu, Julia Regalia

All background images are from Wikimedia, Creative Commons