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“No heroes, everyone did their part, and everyone

was scared to death.”

They are the words of soldier Mark W. Harms in

1968, summing up his combat experience during the Vietnam War. His

stunning letter home is just one of hundreds featured in this

unforgettable collection, Letters from Vietnam. In these

affecting pages are the unadorned voices of men and women who

fought–and, in some cases, fell–in America’s most controversial

war. They bring new insights and imagery to a conflict that still

haunts our hearts, consciences, and the conduct of our foreign

policy.

Here are the early days of the fight, when adopting a kitten,

finding gold in a stream, or helping a local woman give birth were

moments of beauty amid the brutality . . . shattering first-person

accounts of firefights, ambushes, and bombings (“I know I will

never be the same Joe.”–Marine Joe Pais) . . . and thoughtful,

pained reflections on the purpose and progress of the entire

Southeastern Asian cause (“All these lies about how we’re winning

and what a great job we’re doing . . . It’s just not the same as

WWII or the Korean War.” –Lt. John S. Taylor.)

Here, too, are letters as vivid as scenes from a film–Brenda

Rodgers’s de*ion of her wedding to a soldier on the steps of

Saigon City Hall . . . Airman First Class Frank Pilson’s

recollection of President Johnson’s ceremonial dinner with the

troops (“He looks tired and worn out–his is not an easy job”) . . .

and, perhaps most poignant, Emil Spadafora’s beseeching of his

mother to help him adopt an orphan who is a village’s only survivor

(“This boy has nothing, and his future holds nothing for him over

here.”)

From fervent patriotism to awakening opposition, Letters from

Vietnam captures the unmistakable echoes of this earlier era,

as well as timeless expressions of hope, horror, fear, and

faith.

From the Hardcover edition.

Introduction by AI Santoli

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THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE

REFLECTloN

Bill Adler is a writer and literary agent who

lives in New York. He is the editor of four New York Times

bestsellers.

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“Candid accounts by soldiers and support personnel of

their wartime experiences . . . This intimate peek at a

controversial conflict is an insightful

read.”

–Publishers Weekly

“Frank, unassuming prose . . . teeming with both

information and emotion . . . Readers currently concerned about the

war in Iraq will be touched by these thoughtful, humorous, and

horror-filled letters from an often underappreciated and

ill-treated generation of soldiers.”

–Booklist

书籍介绍

“No heroes, everyone did their part, and everyone was scared to death.”

They are the words of soldier Mark W. Harms in 1968, summing up his combat experience during the Vietnam War. His stunning letter home is just one of hundreds featured in this unforgettable collection, Letters from Vietnam . In these affecting pages are the unadorned voices of men and women who fought–and, in some cases, fell–in America’s most controversial war. They bring new insights and imagery to a conflict that still haunts our hearts, consciences, and the conduct of our foreign policy.

Here are the early days of the fight, when adopting a kitten, finding gold in a stream, or helping a local woman give birth were moments of beauty amid the brutality . . . shattering first-person accounts of firefights, ambushes, and bombings (“I know I will never be the same Joe.”–Marine Joe Pais) . . . and thoughtful, pained reflections on the purpose and progress of the entire Southeastern Asian cause (“All these lies about how we’re winning and what a great job we’re doing . . . It’s just not the same as WWII or the Korean War.” –Lt. John S. Taylor.)

Here, too, are letters as vivid as scenes from a film–Brenda Rodgers’s description of her wedding to a soldier on the steps of Saigon City Hall . . . Airman First Class Frank Pilson’s recollection of President Johnson’s ceremonial dinner with the troops (“He looks tired and worn out–his is not an easy job”) . . . and, perhaps most poignant, Emil Spadafora’s beseeching of his mother to help him adopt an orphan who is a village’s only survivor (“This boy has nothing, and his future holds nothing for him over here.”)

From fervent patriotism to awakening opposition, Letters from Vietnam captures the unmistakable echoes of this earlier era, as well as timeless expressions of hope, horror, fear, and faith.

From the Hardcover edition.