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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xviii, 270 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Lomperis writes a combination memoir, history, and political analysis of the war, providing insight into how it was waged from the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) boardrooms of Saigon. He served as an intelligence officer at the MACV, as a rear echelon soldier, applying Washington policy to the battlefield, and ended his time in country as civilian intelligence liaison officer until 1973.
Author
Series
Joe Gunther mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
viii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
In 1977, as twelve-year-old Theo struggles with a science class project on space exploration, questions emerge about why his father never returned from Vietnam and why Theo's mother has been keeping secrets for many years.
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The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
"Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves"--Publisher...
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiii, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Fifty years after the Vietnam War, this anthology by descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees?American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Diaspora, Hmong, Australian, and others?confronts war and its aftermath. What emerges is an affecting portrait of the effects of war and family?an intercultural, generational dialogue on silence, memory, landscape, imagination, Agent Orange, displacement, postwar trauma, and the severe realities that are carried home....
87) Pioneer girl
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Discovering a family heirloom that her mother may have received from Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lee Lien explores the tenuous connection between her ancestors and the famous pioneer author only to discover a trail of clues that lead to fateful encounters.
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The true story of William Pitsenbarger, an Air Force medic who saved more than sixty men in one of the bleakest battles of the Vietnam War. Presented the chance to escape on the last helicopter, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend his comrade in arms. Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger's fellow soldiers and father seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman and other surviving veterans to finally secure him The Congressional Medal of Honor...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the heart-wrenching journey to understand and cope with the loss shared by the estimated 20,000 American children whose fathers were killed in Vietnam. Weaving emotionally compelling interviews with home movies, stock footage, and family photos. Along her journey, Tragos uncovers a 30-year-old mystery, as she comes to know her father as a man. Untangled from the memory of a war that wounded a nation. Some discoveries are almost too difficult...
90) Stay: a novel
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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Description
In the summer of 1969, fourteen-year-old Lucas Painter carries a huge weight on his shoulders. His brother is fighting in Vietnam. His embattled parents are locked in a never-ending war. And his best friend, Connor, is struggling with his own family issues. To find relief from the chaos, Lucas takes long, meandering walks, and one day he veers into the woods. There he discovers an isolated cabin and two huge dogs. Frightened, he runs. And the dogs...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Relates the story of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company and Roy Benavidez's nearly suicidal rescue mission that saved eight lives and ultimately earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Journey deep behind battle lines to experience a different side of the Vietnam War--the side seen only through the lenses of North Vietnam photographers. Renowned British photojournalist Tim Page travels back to the land where he nearly lost his life to meet with North Vietnamese war photographers, revealing remarkable, never-before-seen photos and personal stories long hidden by time and tragedy.
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"Stockholm, 1968. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters are arriving to escape the war in Vietnam. They're young, they're radical, and they want to start a revolution. Some of them even want to take the fight to America. The Swedes treat them like pop stars--but the CIA is determined to stop all that. It's a job for the deep-cover men of Operation Chaos and their allies--agents who know how to infiltrate organizations and destroy them...
Author
Series
Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 5
Formats
Description
Deep in the heart of Dixie for a weeklong NASCAR event, Bob Lee Swagger, protagonist of the "New York Times"-bestselling "Point of Impact," returns in this explosively gritty thrill ride as he metes justice out to those who targeted his reporter-daughter.
Publisher
WGBH Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (660 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is a multi-part series on the Vietnam conflict, covering the history of Indochina, the French wars, and United States involvement, using actual film footage from news and government archives.
96) Spider bones
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 13
Description
John Lowery was declared dead in 1968--the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennan is called to the scene of a drowning in Hemmingford, Quebec. The victim appears to have died while in the midst of a bizarre sexual practice. The corpse is later identified as John Lowery. But how could Lowery have died twice, and how did an American soldier end up in Canada? Tempe sets off...
97) Brothers in war
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the experiences of Charlie Company, one of the last American combat infantry units to be sent to Vietnam, and how their lives have been intertwined since the war.
98) Mèo and Bé
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
309 p. ;
Description
In 1964, before the United States enters the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Bae and her three-footed kitten M�eo must rise above a broken home and the injustices of war to find the comfort, safety, and love of a found family.
100) When clouds touch us
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
A novel in verse inspired by the author's experience follows Hà and her family, refugees from the Vietnam War, as they move to Texas for a new job, and despite not wanting to start over again, Hà discovers unwanted change can bring a good opportunity.
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