Author: Bill Adler
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 030741583X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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“No heroes, everyone did their part, and everyone was scared to death.” They are the words of soldier Mark W. Harms in 1968, summing up his combat experience during the Vietnam War. His stunning letter home is just one of hundreds featured in this unforgettable collection, Letters from Vietnam. In these affecting pages are the unadorned voices of men and women who fought–and, in some cases, fell–in America’s most controversial war. They bring new insights and imagery to a conflict that still haunts our hearts, consciences, and the conduct of our foreign policy. Here are the early days of the fight, when adopting a kitten, finding gold in a stream, or helping a local woman give birth were moments of beauty amid the brutality . . . shattering first-person accounts of firefights, ambushes, and bombings (“I know I will never be the same Joe.”–Marine Joe Pais) . . . and thoughtful, pained reflections on the purpose and progress of the entire Southeastern Asian cause (“All these lies about how we’re winning and what a great job we’re doing . . . It’s just not the same as WWII or the Korean War.” –Lt. John S. Taylor.) Here, too, are letters as vivid as scenes from a film–Brenda Rodgers’s description of her wedding to a soldier on the steps of Saigon City Hall . . . Airman First Class Frank Pilson’s recollection of President Johnson’s ceremonial dinner with the troops (“He looks tired and worn out–his is not an easy job”) . . . and, perhaps most poignant, Emil Spadafora’s beseeching of his mother to help him adopt an orphan who is a village’s only survivor (“This boy has nothing, and his future holds nothing for him over here.”) From fervent patriotism to awakening opposition, Letters from Vietnam captures the unmistakable echoes of this earlier era, as well as timeless expressions of hope, horror, fear, and faith.
Author: Bill Adler
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 030741583X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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“No heroes, everyone did their part, and everyone was scared to death.” They are the words of soldier Mark W. Harms in 1968, summing up his combat experience during the Vietnam War. His stunning letter home is just one of hundreds featured in this unforgettable collection, Letters from Vietnam. In these affecting pages are the unadorned voices of men and women who fought–and, in some cases, fell–in America’s most controversial war. They bring new insights and imagery to a conflict that still haunts our hearts, consciences, and the conduct of our foreign policy. Here are the early days of the fight, when adopting a kitten, finding gold in a stream, or helping a local woman give birth were moments of beauty amid the brutality . . . shattering first-person accounts of firefights, ambushes, and bombings (“I know I will never be the same Joe.”–Marine Joe Pais) . . . and thoughtful, pained reflections on the purpose and progress of the entire Southeastern Asian cause (“All these lies about how we’re winning and what a great job we’re doing . . . It’s just not the same as WWII or the Korean War.” –Lt. John S. Taylor.) Here, too, are letters as vivid as scenes from a film–Brenda Rodgers’s description of her wedding to a soldier on the steps of Saigon City Hall . . . Airman First Class Frank Pilson’s recollection of President Johnson’s ceremonial dinner with the troops (“He looks tired and worn out–his is not an easy job”) . . . and, perhaps most poignant, Emil Spadafora’s beseeching of his mother to help him adopt an orphan who is a village’s only survivor (“This boy has nothing, and his future holds nothing for him over here.”) From fervent patriotism to awakening opposition, Letters from Vietnam captures the unmistakable echoes of this earlier era, as well as timeless expressions of hope, horror, fear, and faith.
Author: Bernard Edelman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393323047
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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A collection of letters, poems, and petitions from the front, written mostly by infantrymen to their families and friends, evokes the mingled emotions of an intense longing for home, fear, hope, grief, and anger aroused by the Vietnam War. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
Author: Bob Steele D. C.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 144901609X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Viet Nam changed all of us. Some for the good, some for the bad. I would like to think that I changed for the good. Love and war, the heartbreaks and reality. Everyone remembers their first true love. Does that burning ember ever completely go out? Do you ever wonder where life has taken them? This book is about two people who were deeply in love in the early 60's, when times were innocent and how war and circumstances changed the directions their lives took. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and maybe you'll see some of yourself in their story.
Author: Allen E. Paul
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Trần Ðỗ Cung
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456803190
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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I was born on 28 March 1922 in Thanh-Hóa where my grand parents emigrated in 1897, fleeing the catastrophic flood of the Red River. I was a student at the faculty of sciences of the University of Hanoi when the Japanese putsch of 9 March1945 effectively put an end to my student life with the successive political events after that date. I went head on in patriotic activities for the independence of my country and decided to rally to the south in 1948. In 1952 I was drafted and sent to the French Air Academy in Salon de Provence to become aeronautic engineer. I became Commissioner of Supply in the military government of South Vietnam confronting the economic blockade of Saigon in 1965. Retired in 1974 I went into business. I got out of Saigon on 28 April 1975 before the bombardment of its airfield by communist artillery. I found my family in the refugee camp of Fort Chaffee before being sponsored by Saint Timothy Lutheran Church of Monterey to a humbly new start. I became owner of two 7-Eleven stores which I sold in October 1997 to retire at 75 after 20 years in business.
Author: Dennis Hoy
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543498671
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Letters from Vietnam is the memoir of a Vietnam War army infantryman, based on letters he wrote home to his new wife and his parents that give an on-the-ground view of combat, and a soldier's life beyond combat, through the eyes of a Silver Star recipient.
Author: Walter (Pete) Casey
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480968021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Letters from Vietnam by Walter (Pete) Casey Walter (Pete) Casey was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 1940. He entered Gerard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1958. He then attended PMC-Pa Military College-graduating in 1964 with a degree in English (BA). He enlisted in the US Navy for 4 years and served in Vietnam from January 1967 to January 1968. Casey was an English teacher at the Berean Institute in Philadelphia for many years. He lived his entire life in Glenolden. He was born there and died in July 2007. He wrote these letters to his parents Dorothy and Edward Keesey while serving in Vietnam.
Author: Leo Dubois
Publisher: Leapin Leo Press
ISBN: 0979058104
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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In 1965, Master Sergeant Leo Dubois was ordered to Vietnam. Seventeen years in the Air Force, 37 years old, with five - soon to be six - children, he moved his family to Jacksboro, Texas for the year and then departed for the airbase at Da Nang. Every day or two, he exchanged letters with his beloved wife, Don Leta. Her letters from home are gone, but Leo's letters survive. They tell stories of tumult on a rapidly expanding military base and the trials and humor of leading the young men under his supervision. And the letters reveal life at home, not directly, but indirectly, as if in reflection. From beginning to end, and deeply, they reveal the tender affection and abiding devotion of a husband for his wife. 344 pages; 77 photographs and illustrations.
Author: Bill Adler, Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785558622966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Veterans For Peace
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365274195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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The letters included in this collection were written by people who were directly impacted by the American War in Vietnam -- combat veterans, nurses, loved ones of veterans, anti-war resistors, veterans' family members, and fellow soldiers. For the past two Memorial Days they were delivered to The Wall in Washington, DC by members of Veterans For Peace as part of our Full Disclosure Project. We want their voices to be heard as our country embarks on a decade-long series of fifty year commemorations of that war. We will deliver letters to The Wall for the next ten years on Memorial Day. If you want to write a letter, please contact Veterans For Peace.