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My father spent time in Vietnam but is something most Vietnam vets don't want to talk about..it was very interesting to read all the different letters home to loved ones
Are compilations of this sort representative? I’m prepared to believe that this compilation is representative and to draw conclusions from it accordingly. (Other compilations on this topic can be found using this library subject heading: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.)These letters provide an overall witness that is raw, spontaneous, participational, matter-of-fact. So, if they are representative, we must think that the casual and impersonal use of terms such as “gooks”...
This book contains letters written by soldiers and nurses in Vietnam during the war. There are stories about friendship, sacrifice and even love, as told by the very people who fought on the front lines and those who supported them.
This book was difficult for me to read. The accounts from the soldiers serving in Vietnam were extremely graphic, and for this reason I had a hard time finishing this book. I found it very disturbing. However, on the other hand I learned quite a bit about the Vietnam war, which I really did not know much about. This was not something that was taught in school, etc... If you've got a strong stomach and can handle a lot of blood and gore type description than I think this is an excellent book whic...
Intimate, thought-provoking accounts, mostly from American combatants but many from American noncombatants as well. Both pro- and antiwar perspectives represented. Hard to read without reflecting on the tragic nature of that war.
I had a chance to work with Vietnamese veterans and an American veteran's son in a volunteer project at Vietnam Friendship Village. So I'm familiar with the war experiences told in the book. But still there're some too specific details that got my tummy turned.
I'm sure this is very good but it would have to be read over a long period of time for me. Back to the library not finished. Maybe next winter.
