"In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words "Women can be heroes, too," impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America" --

"On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister's eyes from tear gas; sneaking...

Growing up in Livingston, Montana, Raymond and Barbara Lansdale held their world together through a shared fantasy of a place where happiness and tranquility reigned, far from the dysfunction at home. When Raymond returns from Vietnam in the early 1960s, he is determined to find his sister, who recently disappeared. In a search that takes him from Montana ranchlands to the mean streets of L.A. and beyond he must confront his worst nightmare: did Barbara's...

Two gay American Ranger sergeants fall in love during the intimacy of Viet Nam War combat in 1968. Both traumatized by combat from previous tours, they lead a squad who become aware of their leaders' relationship. Upset by this revelation, the squad must maintain unity if they are to capture an enemy operative and survive. The sergeants must protect their connection despite combat and what others think. They are assigned a new officer, who has lost...

The true story of how one Chase Manhattan banker fought to the save the staff of its Saigon branch before the city fell to the North Vietnamese army in the waning days of the Vietnam War.

"Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation. The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after three decades the memorial remains one of the nation's most visited monuments"--

"This book explores student war protests at three northern Appalachian universities during the Vietnam War era: Ohio University, the University of West Virginia, and the University of Pittsburgh. All three universities had robust ROTC programs, and Thomas Weyant looks at these programs, its students, and the war protests surrounding them. He discusses how ROTC student dissent and other student protests-far removed from the widely known atrocities...