The Vietnam War /

The Vietnam War / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor. - San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, c2002. - 224 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - History firsthand .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.

Introduction: A history of the Vietnam War -- Thoughts about induction / Tim O'Brien -- Draft dodger / Ron Stone -- Conscientious objector / David Brown -- Vietnam Veterans Against the War / John F. Kerry -- COMBAT: Every day is the same / Anonymous -- Crossing into Cambodia / John B. Morgan -- A gunship door gunner / Ed Arthur -- An offering to America / Tom Carhart -- IN THE REAR: R-and-R in Saigon / Philip Caputo -- Happiness in a Vietnamese village / Jonathan Polansky -- Donut Dolly / Jeanne Christie -- WOUNDED IN ACTION: Booby trap / Lewis B. Puller Jr. -- Platoon combat medic / Daniel E. Evans Jr. and Charles W. Sasser -- The first day in the intensive care war / Winnie Smith -- PRISONER OF WAR: Getting the news / Sybil Stockdale -- Communicating in a POW camp / Gerald Coffee -- Torture / Ray Vohden -- THE ENEMY: Why we must fight / Le Ly Hayslip -- Capturing an American pilot / Van Anh -- Living in the jungle / Truong Nhu Tang, with David Chanoff and Doan Van Toai -- The Massacre at My lai / Ha Thi Qui.

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