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NPR's Eric Weiner reports from the city of Hue, site of some of the bloodiest action of the war. During the infamous Tet Offensive in 1968, Viet Cong Guerrillas attacked American and South Vietnamese forces at Hue, and took the city. Americans eventually re-captured Hue, but at terrific cost. Today, the city has been largely restored and is considered the cultural heartland of Vietnam.

In part one of a three part series looking back on the Iran hostage crisis NPR's Ted Clark reports that twenty years ago this week, Iranian students stormed the U.S embassy in Tehran. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days.

In the final part of a two-part series, NPR's Madeleine Brand concludes the report on the Supermax prison in Boscobel, Wis. The facility is full of solitary confinement cells, and is one of about three dozen such prisons in the country, which are designed to house inmates who are too disruptive and violent for maximum security prisons.

Host Renee Montagne talks with photographer Arnold Newman. An exhibition of Newman's work is on display at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. During his career, Newman has photographed some of the most notable people in the world; from Francisco Franco to Truman Capote. He's also photographed every American President from Kennedy to Clinton. Newman is credited with creating a unique photographic style called "environmental" portraits.

The outage was one of the biggest in recent months for the island's crumbling electrical grid, which has seen its periodic blackouts grow worse the last few years.

Commentator Baxter Black sings his version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

Susan Stamberg reports on the story behind Irving Berlin's hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band."

We invited listeners to phone us at 202-408-0300 and tell us about recordings they have saved, from their families, friends, public figures. Quest for Sound Curator Jay Allison tells us how we might use their material and why we care.

In the first of an occasional series on Young People and Religion, Lynn Neary reports on members of Generation X who are filling two very different churches in Seattle. One is a borrowed space in which traditional doctrine is celebrated to a rock music beat. The other uses ancient ritual but adheres to less traditional teachings.

Hank Williams' 1949 hit foreshadows his untimely death four years later, at the age of 29.