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This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967), 15 songs

President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.

  • Are You Experienced? — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Roger Harris : "this is what we do." Stills/clips of Johnson, combat. "No American victory seemed to matter." North Vietnamese plan a major offensive.
  • 12 Ghosts II — Nine Inch Nails
    Four tactical zones of South Vietnam. Marines near DMZ.
  • Green Onions — Booker T. & The M.G.'s
    Roger Harris: Roxbury, South Boston. Near the DMZ.
  • Soul Dressing — Booker T. & The M.G.'s
    Eva Jefferson Patterson, daughter of vet. Student at Northwestern.
  • I'm a Man — The Spencer Davis Group
    Marines near DMZ. John Musgrave on combat.
  • Strange Brew — Cream
    Jack Todd, University of Nebraska. Initially a supporter; Marine OCS candidate. Becomes disaffected.
  • Dang Dan, Mua Dao, Doc Canh - Medley of Buddhist Percussion Music — Pham Van Ty
  • Waist Deep In the Big Muddy (Live) — Pete Seeger
    Bill Zimmerman. March on Pentagon, October 1967. Leslie Gelb.
  • VII — Marillion
  • Later Into the Night — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
    John Musgrave seriously wounded at Battle of Con Thien.
  • 13 Ghosts II — Nine Inch Nails
    Pascal C. Poolaw, decorated WW2, Korea, Vietnam vet. KIA. Native Americans highest per capita service rate of any ethnic group.
  • Somebody to Love — Jefferson Airplane
    John Musgrave first learns of Counter Culture, hippies while in Vietnam.
  • Pieces Form the Whole — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
    John Musgrave seriously wounded at Battle of Con Thien... ..
  • Come, Ye Thankful People, Come — The Christmastide Musicians
  • Paint It Black — The Rolling Stones
    End song; End credits.
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