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When it comes to Vietnam, there are never enough thanks for Phillip Sandoval and his buddies. Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at ...
Marsden says that Nguyen hadn’t previously told that part of the story on camera but that 50 years on, “there were a lot of people who felt able to tell stories that they hadn't before.”
Douglas Brent Hegdahl (born September 3, 1946) is a former United States Navy petty officer second class (E-5) who was held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.After an early release, he was able to provide the names and personal information of about 256 fellow POWs, as well as reveal the conditions of the prisoner-of-war camp.
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam is a memoir written by American writer Lynda Van Devanter in 1983. The memoir, originally published by Beaufort Books, [1] explores Van Devanter's experience as a nurse during the Vietnam War. It was adapted into a popular TV show, China Beach, which ran from 1988 to 1991.
Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who served as a soldier in the Vietnam War.Much of his writing is about wartime Vietnam, [1] and his work later in life often explores the postwar lives of its veterans.
Having learned enough Vietnamese to get by, he wandered on foot as the war raged around him, capturing bursts of gunfire and mortar launches on tape along with the singing voices.
The archetypical story became one of antiwar hippie protesters spitting upon returning veterans in an airport. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Twelve years after the Vietnam War ended, on 20 July 1987, syndicated columnist Bob Greene of the Chicago Tribune proposed testing the truth of what he considered an urban legend.
The story began during Hayslip's childhood in a small village in central Vietnam, named Ky La. Her village was along the fault line between the north and south of Vietnam, with shifting allegiances in the village leading to constant tension. She and her friends worked as lookout for the northern Vietcong. The South Vietnamese learned of her ...