The Vietnam War in Literature
We were the children of the 1950s and John F. Kennedy's young stalwarts
- "We Were Soldiers Once & Young" prologue, by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore & Joe Galloway
of the early 1960s. He told the world that Americans would 'pay any price,
bear any burden, meet any hardship' in the defense of freedom.
We were the down payment on that costly contract, but the man who signed it
was not there when we fulfilled his promise. John F. Kennedy waited for us on a hill
in Arlington National Cemetery, and in time we came by the thousands to fill
those slopes with our white marble markers and to ask on the murmur of the wind
if that was truly the future he had envisioned for us.
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
The Long Grey Line, by Rick Atkinson
The first class at West Point that knew Vietnam was on their post-graduation orders.
Thirty officers from the class of 1966 died in the war. The author follows the lives
and careers of classmates.
Where We Were in Vietnam, by Michael P. Kelley (changed)
A comprehensive guide to the firebases, military installations, and naval vessels
of the Vietnam War, 1945-1975.
Ho Chi Minh: A book review by Frances FitzGerald
The DeCillis Collection (updated)
Housed in the A. Robert DeHart Learning Center at DeAnza College.
Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History by
B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley (NOTE: Glenna Whitley might no longer be involved.)
Documents the fraud that has been so destructive to the true legacy of those who fought
in Vietnam, mainstream media's decades of negligence and collusion in this defamation
of those who served with honor.
"Mr. Green", by Robert Olen Butler
"The Tale of Kieu", by Nguyen Du
Class lectures and notes.
"A Time to Break Silence", by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain", by Robert Olen Butler
Fifty Books About the Vietnam War
A recommended reading list. These books were chosen by polling a select group of newsgroup
readers representing academics, veterans and anti-war.
"Hau Nghia", by Marc Gilbert & James Wells (broken)
"Spit & Polish", by Richard Seltzer (broken)
Entire text of screen play.
"A Year to Kill", by James F. McColloch (broken)
"Fading Photographs From My Mind's Own Album", by Michael McCombs
Literary Hootch
Web link collection.
Author: Gustav Hasford(broken)
Poems, short stories, transcript for Full Metal Jacket.
War Stories
Short stories.
"Deros: A Year In Vietnam", by Michael J. Horton
Vietnam Veterans Newsletter: "NamVet"
"Shrapnel in the Heart", by Laura Palmer
Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Memorial, Web page with Introduction.
Battle Dressing, Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam, by Dusty
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Battle Dressing traces the emotional journey of a Vietnam nurse. And finally back in the States,
she alternatively seems to be apologizing to an uncomprehending home front for the
changes inside her--and flaunting them.
They Were Ours: Gloucester County's Loss in Vietnam (broken)
Forty-three young men shared a devotion to duty and country with the three million
American men and women who were destined to take part in our country's longest war.
It is their collective story, told in the chronological order of their deaths.