Suggested Reading Material

Suggested Reading Material


To Heal A Nation, by Jan Scruggs and Joel Swerdlow. This book tells the story of the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It also includes the names of the 58,000 Americans who lost their lives in Southeast Asia during the war.

The Wall, Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The Wall That Heals, by Jan Scruggs. Memories and reflections of some who fell.

Voices From The Wall, compiled by Jan Scruggs, Esq. This book has gathered authors, journalists, educators and veterans to share their story about the Vietnam War and the Wall's impact.

Why Vietnam Still Matters, compiled by Jan Scruggs. A series of essays on the Vietnam war and on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Triumph ! Stories of Disabled American Veterans, by Michael Hickey.

Vietnam In Verse, Reflections Of A Soldier, by Roger S. Barton. The authors Vietnam experience in verse.

Valor, by Timothy S. Lowry. Historic accounts of some of Vietnams Medal of Honor Winners.

We Were Soldiers Once...And Young, by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway. Ia Drang: The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam.

It Doesn't Take A Hero, Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.

Into Cambodia - Spring Campaign, Summer Offensive, 1970, by Keith W. Nolan. In April 1970, the orders came down to invade Cambodia. This book describes the events during the invasion.

Time Heals No Wounds, by Jack Leninger. The author of this book served in B. Company, 1/12 Infantry, 4th Infantry Division from September 1968 through August 1969. The book is written from the viewpoint of a "Grunt" as he saw and lived it. For other "grunts" reading it, it will be a step back in time. For those who didn't experience combat, this accounting is as real as it gets.

Kontum Diary, by Paul Reed and Ted Scharz. Captured writings are returned to the North Vietnamese soldier who lost them.

Four Hours in My Lai, by Michael Bilton and Kevin Sim. The My Lai incident through the eyes of the survivors, perpetrators and victims.

The Court Martial of LT. Calley, by Richard Hammer. Excerpts from the trial of LT. Calley regarding the My Lai massacre.

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, by Le Ly Hayslip with Jay Wurts. For the authors first twelve years she was a peasant girl in a small village near Danang. For the next three years she fought with the Viet Cong against American and South Vietnamese soldiers. She is the founder of East Meets West Foundation, a charitable relief and world peace organization. She now lives in southern California. Oliver Stone's film Heaven and Earth is based on her story.

Child of War, Woman of Peace, by Le Ly Hayslip with James Hayslip. The authors story of her life in the land of "the enemy" and trying to survive among the Westerners who she had been taught to hate and fear.

Rangers at War, Lrrps in Vietnam: by Shelby L. Stanton. Describes Ranger Units and their history in Vietnam.

REQUIEM, The Vietnam Collection: Random House Inc.. "This book is dedicated to the 135 photographers of different nations who are known to have died or to have disappeared while covering the wars in Indochina, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Their lives are remembered through their work here assembled."

On October 1, 1999 the Kentucky History Center opened an exhibit of photographs taken by photographers who had been killed covering the war. Many of the photos I had seen in Life Magazine and other publications. Many of the photographers worked for AP and UPI. I was unaware until I visited the exhibit that some of these photographers had been killed.

(Excerpt from the Requiem presentation brochure)
"Upon completion of this exhibition (November 15, 1999), the photographs contained in Requiem-The Vietnam Collection will be transported to Hanoi in early 2000. There they will be displayed and presented to the Vietnamese People as a gift from the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky-in keeping with the spirit of Hope, Healing and History."



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