The Vietnam Veterans Memorial At Angel Fire
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial At Angel Fire
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Author : Steven Trout
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2020-04-07
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial At Angel Fire written by Steven Trout and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with History categories.
A great white angel spreading her wings across the Moreno Valley: this is how one visitor described the memorial standing atop a windswept prominence in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. A de-facto national Vietnam veterans memorial, built by one family more than a decade before the Wall in Washington, DC, and without aid or recognition from the US government, the chapel at Angel Fire is a testament to one young American’s sacrifice—but also to the profound determination of his family to find meaning in their loss. In The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire, Steven Trout tells the story of Marine Lieutenant David Westphall, who was killed near Con Thien on May 22, 1968, and of the Westphall family’s subsequent struggle to create and maintain a one-of-a-kind memorial chapel dedicated to the memory of all Americans lost in the Vietnam War and to the cause of world peace. Focused primarily on a life lost amid our nation’s most controversial conflict and on the Westphalls’ desperate battle to keep their chapel open between 1971 and 1982, the book’s brisk and moving narrative traces the memorial’s evolution from a personal act of family remembrance to its emergence as an iconic pilgrimage destination for thousands of Vietnam veterans. Documenting the chapel’s shifting messages over time, which include a momentary (and controversial) recognition of the dead on both sides of the war, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire spotlights one American soldier’s tragic story and the monument to hope and peace that it inspired.
Angel Fire The Vietnam Veterans National Memorial
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language : en
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Features the Vietnam Veterans National Memorial in Angel Fire, New Mexico, provided by Bill McBride. Recounts the history of the memorial and notes that it is owned by the David Westphall Veterans Foundation. Offers access to stories about and images of the memorial.
Vietnam Veterans National Memorial Angel Fire New Mexico
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Vietnam Veterans National Memorial Angel Fire New Mexico written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Veterans categories.
The Vietnam War In American Memory
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Author : Patrick Hagopian
language : en
Publisher: Culture, Politics, and the Col
Release Date : 2011-08
The Vietnam War In American Memory written by Patrick Hagopian and has been published by Culture, Politics, and the Col this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08 with History categories.
This title presents a penetrating account of the cultural politics surrounding the memorialisation of the Vietnam War. It is a study of American attempts to come to terms with the legacy of the Vietnam War.
Patriotism By Proxy
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Author : Colleen Glenney Boggs
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-03
Patriotism By Proxy written by Colleen Glenney Boggs and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
At the height of the Civil War in 1863, the Union instated the first-ever federal draft. Patriotism By Proxy develops a new understanding of the connections between American literature and American lives by focusing on this historic moment when the military transformed both. Paired with the Emancipation Proclamation, the 1863 draft inaugurated new relationships between the nation and its citizens. A massive bureaucratic undertaking, it redefined the American people as a population, laying bare social divisions as wealthy draftees hired substitutes to serve in their stead. The draft is the context in which American politics met and also transformed into a new kind of biopolitics, and these substitutes reflect the transformation of how the state governed American life. Censorship and the suspension of habeas corpus prohibited free discussions over the draft's significance, making literary devices and genres the primary means for deliberating over the changing meanings of political representation and citizenship. Assembling an extensive textual and visual archive, Patriotism by Proxy examines the draft as a cultural formation that operated at the nexus of political abstraction and embodied specificity, where the definition of national subjectivity was negotiated in the interstices of what it means to be a citizen-soldier. It brings together novels, poems, letters, and newspaper editorials that show how Americans discussed the draft at a time of censorship, and how the federal draft changed the way that Americans related to the state and to each other.
Stolen Valor
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Author : Bernard Gary Burkett
language : en
Publisher: Summit Publishing Group
Release Date : 1998
Stolen Valor written by Bernard Gary Burkett and has been published by Summit Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Homeless veterans categories.
Military documents reveal decades of deceit about the Vietnam War and myths perpetuated by the mainstream media.
Sisters Of Valor
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Author : Rosalie T. Turner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-05-01
Sisters Of Valor written by Rosalie T. Turner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-01 with Fiction categories.
The sometimes-forgotten valor of the service wife during the Vietnam War years, told through four very different women who come together and find the support they need. The women grapple with what the Vietnam War meant to us as a country and to them personally.
Welcome Home From Vietnam Finally
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Author : Gus Kappler
language : en
Publisher: Bookbaby
Release Date : 2020-10-20
Welcome Home From Vietnam Finally written by Gus Kappler and has been published by Bookbaby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with categories.
I served as an Army trauma surgeon at the 85th Evacuation Hospital, Phu Bai, Vietnam, '70-'71. Into our emergency room were intermittently deposited the wounded, some greviously others not, by the dare- devil Dust Off medieval pilots who risked imminent death with each mission. We routinely witnessed the devistation of war on body, mind and soul. The corpsmen, technicians, nurses, anesthesiologists and surgeons explored every known and out-of-the- box technique to salvage life and limb. If the wounded arrived alive at the 85th, he had a 95% chance of survival. It was and still is that 5% whose injuries were so severe or whose blood loss could not be stemmed that haunt us today. That's PTS. By storytelling for fifty years since returning to the US in late August 1971, I have avoided the (D) and mollified my demons. The intense emotions during my traumatic experience have softened greatly but, I am back in Vietnam on a daily basis. In 2015 I compiled my stories into Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally, A Vietnam Trauma Surgeon's Memoir. It is gripping, honest, real-life and disturbing. Then we realize that the 58,000+ lives lost did not change a thing. No dominos fell and Vietnam is now our close trading partner. They have been gratious victors. I've lived, studied and researched PTS(D). I now understand that when we were "partying" with booze and weed, we were actually self-medicating to numb recognition of the demons. That process continues today as there exists an epidemic of active duty military and veteran PTS(D), substance abuse ane suicide. I address these issues in this book's appendices but have more current information on the book's web site. Our nation must shift their concentration from treating PTS(D) as a developed disorder and initiate the PREVENTIVE approach I propose PRIOR to discharge. If prevention by vaccination is the answer to Covid-19 why not apply the same principle to PTS(D)?
Creating The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Author : Robert W. Doubek
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-07-02
Creating The Vietnam Veterans Memorial written by Robert W. Doubek and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-02 with History categories.
Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation. The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after three decades the memorial remains one of the nation's most visited monuments. While the memorial has enjoyed broad acceptance by the American public, its origins were both humble and contentious. A grassroots effort launched by veterans with no funds, the project was completed in three and a half years. But an emotional debate about aesthetics and the interpretation of heroism, patriotism and history nearly doomed the project. Written from an insider's perspective, this book tells the complete story of the memorial's creation amid Washington politics, a nationwide design competition and the heated controversy over the winning design and its creator.
Last Stand At Khe Sanh
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Author : Gregg Jones
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Last Stand At Khe Sanh written by Gregg Jones and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with History categories.
In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find themselves surrounded by 20,000 enemy troops. Their only road to the coast was cut, and bad weather and enemy fire threatened their fragile air lifeline. The siege of Khe Sanh-the Vietnam War's epic confrontation-was under way. For seventy-seven days, the Marines and a contingent of US Army Special Forces endured artillery barrages, sniper fire, ground assaults, and ambushes. Air Force, Marine, and Navy pilots braved perilous flying conditions to deliver supplies, evacuate casualties, and stem the North Vietnamese Army's onslaught. As President Lyndon B. Johnson weighed the use of tactical nuclear weapons, Americans watched the shocking drama unfold on nightly newscasts. Through it all, the bloodied defenders of Khe Sanh held firm and prepared for an Alamo-like last stand. Now, Gregg Jones takes readers into the trenches and bunkers at Khe Sanh to tell the story of this extraordinary moment in American history. Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the exceptional courage and brotherhood that sustained the American fighting men throughout the ordeal. It brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters-young high school dropouts and rootless rebels in search of John Wayne glory; grizzled Korean War veterans; daredevil pilots; gritty platoon leaders and company commanders; and courageous Navy surgeons who volunteered to serve in combat with the storied Marines. Drawing on in-depth interviews with siege survivors, thousands of pages of archival documents, and scores of oral history accounts, Gregg Jones delivers a poignant and heart-pounding narrative worthy of the heroic defense of Khe Sanh.