Homecoming When The Soldiers Returned From Vietnam

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Homecoming

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Author : Bob Greene
language : en
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Release Date : 1989

Homecoming written by Bob Greene and has been published by Putnam Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Vietnam veterans recount what happened to them upon their return to the U.S.

Homecoming When The Soldiers Returned From Vietnam

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Author : Bob Greene
language : en
Publisher:
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The Homecoming

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Author : Bob Greene
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1990-02

The Homecoming written by Bob Greene and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-02 with History categories.

Veterans recount their homecomings, detailing both warm and cool receptions by family, friends, and antiwar protestors

American Soldiers Returning Home

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Author : Jared Burruel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-02

American Soldiers Returning Home written by Jared Burruel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-02 with categories.

Unlike the hero status given to the returning soldiers from World War II, the soldiers that served in Vietnam were portrayed as baby killers, psychos, drug addicts, and warmongers. ... Movies and television shows began depicting returning soldiers as deranged monsters even before the war ended. This book combines interviews with family members and friends of fallen soldiers with the stories of Pennsbury's Vietnam veterans who survived the war and came home to lead full lives. We learn from the family interviews about the true cost of war: unfinished lives that create an unfillable hole in the hearts of those left behind. From returning veterans, we discover the war has never really ended. We hear from several Vietnam veterans who are battling illnesses linked to the Agent Orange dioxins sprayed from airplanes by their government. These veterans of an unpopular war talk about being spat upon by anti-war protestors when they returned from Vietnam. We also learn that these Vietnam veterans are filled with pride. They acknowledge their time in the military shaped them as young men. And now, in their graying years, they are part of an exclusive club. Only they can recall the shattering sounds of the Vietnam War. Only they can remember various smells of South Vietnam, or how a heavy rainstorm turned the ground into mud during monsoon season.

The Spitting Image

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Author : Jerry Lembcke
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2000-05

The Spitting Image written by Jerry Lembcke and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05 with History categories.

How the startling image of an anti-war protested spitting on a uniformed veteran misrepresented the narrative of Vietnam War political debate One of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester — often a woman — spitting on the uniformed veteran just off the plane. The lingering potency of this icon was evident during the Gulf War, when war supporters invoked it to discredit their opposition. In this startling book, Jerry Lembcke demonstrates that not a single incident of this sort has been convincingly documented. Rather, the anti-war Left saw in veterans a natural ally, and the relationship between anti-war forces and most veterans was defined by mutual support. Indeed one soldier wrote angrily to Vice President Spiro Agnew that the only Americans who seemed concerned about the soldier's welfare were the anti-war activists. While the veterans were sometimes made to feel uncomfortable about their service, this sense of unease was, Lembcke argues, more often rooted in the political practices of the Right. Tracing a range of conflicts in the twentieth century, the book illustrates how regimes engaged in unpopular conflicts often vilify their domestic opponents for "stabbing the boys in the back." Concluding with an account of the powerful role played by Hollywood in cementing the myth of the betrayed veteran through such films as Coming Home, Taxi Driver, and Rambo, Jerry Lembcke's book stands as one of the most important, original, and controversial works of cultural history in recent years.

Vietnam War Veteran

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Author : Izola Cromey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-02

Vietnam War Veteran written by Izola Cromey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-02 with categories.

Unlike the hero status given to the returning soldiers from World War II, the soldiers that served in Vietnam were portrayed as baby killers, psychos, drug addicts, and warmongers. ... Movies and television shows began depicting returning soldiers as deranged monsters even before the war ended. This book combines interviews with family members and friends of fallen soldiers with the stories of Pennsbury's Vietnam veterans who survived the war and came home to lead full lives. We learn from the family interviews about the true cost of war: unfinished lives that create an unfillable hole in the hearts of those left behind. From returning veterans, we discover the war has never really ended. We hear from several Vietnam veterans who are battling illnesses linked to the Agent Orange dioxins sprayed from airplanes by their government. These veterans of an unpopular war talk about being spat upon by anti-war protestors when they returned from Vietnam. We also learn that these Vietnam veterans are filled with pride. They acknowledge their time in the military shaped them as young men. And now, in their graying years, they are part of an exclusive club. Only they can recall the shattering sounds of the Vietnam War. Only they can remember various smells of South Vietnam, or how a heavy rainstorm turned the ground into mud during monsoon season.

Impact Of The War

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Author : Alfredo Ellingson
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-06-05

Impact Of The War written by Alfredo Ellingson and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-05 with categories.

This is an honest account of both the Vietnam experience and the aftermath of returning home and facing an indifferent society fed up with the war. happy to be a civilian and to be a peaceful person, the author answered the call of duty and did what he felt he had to do. once he completed his tour of duty, he returned home believing he would be receiving the support from the government he had earned. unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. for three decades following the war experience, he fought with the demons brought on by the war experience and then found himself battling another demon - an indifferent veterans administration bogged down with incompetency resulting in too many war veterans experiencing a different pain. blending both the war experience and the post-war frustrations together, he tells his story truthfully and sets the tone to hopefully improve the experiences for future veterans who may be returning from Iraq or elsewhere with much-needed understanding and appreciation.

Aftermath

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Author : Frederick Downs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-07

Aftermath written by Frederick Downs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07 with categories.

Three million Americans took part in the Vietnam War. Every soldier who fought in Vietnam was changed by the war. Frederick Downs, Jr. served in the infantry, patrolling the jungles until his left arm was blown off & the rest of his body mutilated. He had stepped on the trigger of a land mine on January 11, 1968. That story was told in The Killing Zone, published in 1978. He nearly died, but by sheer will he was able to rekindle a remarkable spirit that carried him forth into a new life. There were daily operations & weeks of wracking pain. This is the story of how one man put his life together again after he left the hospital.

Matterhorn

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Author : Karl Marlantes
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2010-08-01

Matterhorn written by Karl Marlantes and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-01 with Fiction categories.

WINNER OF THE FLAHERTY-DUNNAN FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Fire Support Base Matterhorn: a fortress carved out of the grey-green mountain jungle. Cold monsoon clouds wreath its mile-high summit, concealing a battery of 105-mm howitzers surrounded by deep bunkers, carefully constructed fields of fire and the 180 marines of Bravo Company. Just three kilometres from Laos and two from North Vietnam, there is no more isolated outpost of America's increasingly desperate war in Vietnam. Second Lieutenant Waino Mellas, 21 years old and just a few days into his 13-month tour, has barely arrived at Matterhorn before Bravo Company is ordered to abandon their mountain and sent deep in-country in pursuit of a North Vietnamese Army unit of unknown size. Beyond the relative safety of the perimeter wire, Mellas will face disease, starvation, leeches, tigers and an almost invisible enemy. Beneath the endless jungle canopy, Bravo Company will confront competing ambitions, duplicitous officers and simmering racial tensions. Behind them, always, Matterhorn. The impregnable mountain fortress they built and then abandoned, without a shot, to the North Vietnamese Army...

Grunts

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Author : Kyle Longley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-01-28

Grunts written by Kyle Longley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with Business & Economics categories.

This book provides a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam. It integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the actual Vietnam experience, and the 'homecoming', and offers a remarkable overview of the 870,000 'grunts' who bore the brunt of the fighting in the jungles and highlands of South Vietnam, and eventually Cambodia and Laos.The book addresses many of the stereotypes of the Vietnam combat veteran that have been perpertrated in popular culture, and also considers how Vietnam veterans have been commemorated through memorials and other means, and how the veterans remember each other. The coverage also includes women who served in or near the front lines as well as on the home front. The author draws on memoirs and oral histories including his personal interviews with veterans, but the book conveys a picture of the Vietnam combat soldier's experience far more powerful than what individual memoirs can provide.