Bibliograph

Everything we had, an oral history of the Vietnam War, by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it ; [edited by] Al Santoli

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Everything we had, an oral history of the Vietnam War, by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it ; [edited by] Al Santoli

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everything we had

Responsibility statement

by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it ; [edited by] Al Santoli

Sub title

an oral history of the Vietnam War

Summary

A collection of thirty-three tours of duty presented in chronological order from 1962 through 1975

Table Of Contents

Gathering clouds: Welcome to the war, boys / David Ross -- Nine-to-five war / Jan Barry -- Patrolling the Tonkin Gulf / Karl Phaler -- Sand Castles: Washing ashore / Warren Nelson -- Living off the jungle / John Muir -- Prayer wheel / Thomas Bailey -- Ia Drang / Thomas Bird -- New-life Hamlet / David Ross -- Free-fire zone / Karl Phaler -- Lang Co Village / Jonathan Polansky -- Chrome dome / Lee Childress -- Getting loaded / Samuel Janney -- Peaks and valleys: Fire-base Burt / Herb Mock -- Size-twelve boot, size-ten war / Scott Higgins and James Hebron -- Drill Sergeant / Herb Mock -- Shanghai'd / Jonathan Polansky -- Screaming eagles / James Bombard -- My men / Robert Santos -- Party / Brian Delate -- Flying black ponies / Kit Lavell -- Nurse with round eyes / Gayle Smith -- Notion of honor / Jonathan Polansky and Albert Santoli -- Black GI / Robert Rawls -- Puerto Rican marine / Luis Martinez -- Life / Lynda Van Devanter -- Barren harvest: Restraint / Gary Riggs -- Little people / Thomas Bailey -- Missing ingredients / Bruce Lawlor -- Fullback 6 / Herb Mock -- CRIP Platoon / Michael Andrews -- Underground city / Jonathan Polansky -- VC / Thomas Bailey -- Strategy of Terror / Bruce Lawlor -- Book of Poetry / Robert Santos -- Phoenix / Thomas Bailey and Bruce Lawlor -- Green-faced frogmen / Mike Beamon -- Dalat / George Lawrence -- Operation new wind: Christmas bombing / Bruce Lawlor -- Cease-fire / Dennis Morgan -- Celebration without victory / Stephen Klinkhammer -- POW / William Lawrence -- LBJ / Ralph Dennison -- Dominoes / David Ross -- Fall of Saigon / Stephen Klinkhammer -- Glossary -- Biographies

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