| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Maps on lining papers. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
"Cherries" First impressions -- "Humping the boonies" -- Beyond the body count -- "World of hurt" -- What am I doing here? -- "We gotta get out of this place" -- Last letters. |
| Summary |
This anthology consists of 208 letters, poems, clippings, and diary entries written by American servicemen in Vietnam. Contains letters and poems written to families and friends by soldiers expressingtheir homesickness and the horrors of war. |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| Added Author |
Edelman, Bernard, 1946-
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New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission.
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| ISBN |
0393019985 |
|
0671617508 |
| Standard No. |
9780393019988 |
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