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Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese...
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Publisher
Little, Brown
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This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels in Southeast Asia in the era of the Vietnam War, takes us inside Vietnam--into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks--and reveals the country as if through Vietnamese eyes. With clarity and authority, Fire in the lake shows how America...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Description
"Sailors to the End tells the dramatic and until now forgotten story of the 1967 fire on board the USS Forrestal during its time at Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam. The aircraft carrier, the mightiest of the U.S. fleet, was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket across the flight deck and into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before...
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Publisher
Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale
Pub. Date
©2005
Description
Presents a collection of essays and speeches by prominent figures such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Walter Cronkite, as well as letters from soldiers and their families about the issues and events connected to the Vietnam War.
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Publisher
Umbrage
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
1st ed.
Description
"In this book the full range of Eddie Adams's work in Indochina is revealed, and through never-before-seen pictures, articles written for publication by Adams, pages from his personal journals and other artifacts, one journalist's experience of the war in Vietnam is told in gripping detail."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First Anchor Books edition.
Description
An anthology of Vietnam War writing, mostly by well-known authors. The fiction includes excerpts from novels, poems and songs, plus summaries of films, while non-fiction is represented by excerpts from books such as Robert Mason's Chickenhawk, the experiences of a helicopter pilot.
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