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		<title>The Wall of Broken Dreams &#8211; Duke Barrett</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Duke Barrett’s The Wall of Broken Dreams is an epic, dreamlike panorama of war, adventure and loss – a true and personal homage to the men who lost so much in the Vietnam War. This ambitious novel has a sweeping scope and allows a complete under-the-skin understanding of what it was to fight, fear, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Room With A View &#8211; A Short Story by Duke Barrett</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duke Barrett is author of the acclaimed Vietnam war novel, The Wall of Broken Dreams. Duke was kind enough to let me reprint one of his short stories here, recounting a close encounter near Bong Son, in 1966. &#160; &#8220;At approximately 3 PM on yet another hot and humid September day, the 2nd squad of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cherries &#8211; John Podlaski</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cherries &#8211; A Novel by John Podlaski, 2010 Author John Podlaski contacted me personally and kindly let me have a look at his gripping and highly authentic Vietnam war novel, Cherries (aff). I made it out to be a really intense grunt’s-eye ride through the whole Vietnam GI experience, with no detail spared. Written with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Bear Any Burden &#8211; Al Santoli</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Bear Any Burden &#8211; Al Santoli, ed, 1999 &#160; This fantastic Vietnam oral history compilation brings together a collection of contemporary accounts from a total of 48 Asian and American voices. The express intent of this work is to present a more complete kaleidoscope of experience on the Vietnam War and its aftermath, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sitting in the Dark &#8211; M. Monfrooe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting In The Dark As I sit in the dark fighting back the tears, remembering the past, remembering the fears. I miss my buddies, friendships dear. It’s been so long, so many years. We looked for the enemy wherever they might be. We saw the side of war that most never see. We were the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sergeant&#8217;s Fears &#8211; M Monfrooe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sergeant’s Fears Walking thru the sand past the tents sheltering my men, Knowing tomorrow I’ll lead them into the “Lions Den”. Most too young, some don’t even shave. Each scared in their own way, each wanting to be brave. As I look upward into the star studded sky, I pray that I won’t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going After Cacciato &#8211; Tim O&#8217;Brien</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going After Cacciato &#8211; Tim O&#8217;Brien, 1979 Tim O’Brien’s acclaimed Vietnam novel traces a squad whose task it is to retrieve the footloose Cacciato, a young grunt who’s seemingly just wandered off cross country with the aim of making it to Paris. This novel is pretty dreamlike in places, but really has some terrific descriptions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sorrow of War &#8211; Bao Ninh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sorrow of War &#8211; Bao Ninh, 1994 This best-selling work of fiction from ‘the other side’ of the war follows young infantry cadre Kien through nightmarish war, bittersweet memory and longings of home. A best-seller upon its release in Hanoi, this book allows a deep understanding of the culture and suffering of America’s opponents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Pharoah&#8217;s Army &#8211; Tobias Wolff</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Pharoah’s Army, Memories of the Lost War &#8211; Tobias Wolff, 1995 In this recollection of war, the writer Tobias Wolff offers a literary perspective on his personal Vietnam journey. This book is at once a psychological study of men at war and a collection of colourful vignettes on life for American officers in-country in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Requiem &#8211; Horst Faas, Tim Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Requiem &#8211; Horst Faas, Tim Page, editors, 1997 This carefully-assembled photo essay is a homage to those photographers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, and represents their best and most striking works. Edited by two of the men who took the most risks of all, this deluxe hardback photography collection reveals the mercilessness [...]]]></description>
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