Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories

by Larsen, Sarah A.

• ISBN13: 9780870204487
• ISBN10: 0870204483
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-06
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

Summary

In this companion to the Wisconsin Public Television documentary, forty veterans share their first-hand accounts of America's longest war in compelling detail alongside photographs, letters, draft notices, and telegrams. From barely legal sons of Wisconsin to seasoned soldiers, the men and women in these pages make up a diverse collection of voices: an army chaplain who led services at Khe Sanh but never picked up a weapon; identical twins who discover they are stationed at the same South Vietnam base; two prisoners of war whose years in captivity total 14; a Hmong refugee who fought the Secret War in Laos and repatriated to America; and dozens more.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
A Note on the Text	p. xix
Advise and Assist	p. 1
Naval Presence	p. 11
Send in the Marines	p. 35
Elusive Enemy	p. 51
All Hell Broke Loose	p. 78
Khe Sanh	p. 102
Tet	p. 119
Battle of Hue	p. 134
Brown Water Navy	p. 150
Brother Duty	p. 170
Hamburger Hill	p. 181
The Price	p. 195
Firebases	p. 210
Secret War	p. 228
Hanoi Hilton	p. 245
Epilogue: The Road Home	p. 272
Appendixes
Wisconsin Veteran Biographies	p. 291
The Honor Roll	p. 305
Notes	p. 339
List of Participants	p. 344
Index	p. 346
About the Authors	p. 354
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