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61) Platoon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Special edition ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
62) Winter soldier
Publisher
Winterfilm [production company]
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vietnam veterans speak about atrocities committed upon Vietnamese soldiers and civilians during their time in the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam. Through testimony given at the Winter Soldier Investigation held by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in 1971, press conferences, and interviews with individual participants, the film graphically portrays the effect of U.S. government policy and practice, which turned soldiers into animals bent on destruction...
63) Vietnam in HD
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the men who came home from the Vietnam War and tried to forget. The men who represent a second silent generation. Covered is the time period from the initial massive troop build-up in 1965 to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Contains never-before-seen color footage transferred to high definition as well as a soundtrack filled with hits from the era. Includes narration from Josh Brolin, and and voice-overs by Blair Underwod, Zachary...
67) The great alone
Author
Language
English
Description
Lenora Allbright is 13 when her father convinces her mother, Cora, to forgo their inauspicious existence in Seattle and move to Kaneq, AK. It's 1974, and the former Vietnam POW sees a better future away from the noise and nightmares that plague him. Having been left a homestead by a buddy who died in the war, Ernt is secure in his beliefs, but never was a family less prepared for the reality of Alaska, the long, cold winters and isolation. Locals...
68) 84 Charlie Mopic
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A unique dramatized look at the Vietnam War in 1969 revealed through the subjective lens of an army motion picture (MoPic) cameraman who accompanies a 6 man reconnaissance patrol of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Central Highlands in order to make a "lessons learned" training film.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Allie is still recovering from the loss of her family's beloved waterfront restaurant on Florida's Gulf Coast when she loses her second husband to a terrifying highway accident. Devastated and losing hope, she shudders to contemplate the future--until a cherished person from her past returns. Joseph has been adrift for many years, wounded in both body and spirit and unable to come to terms with the trauma of his Vietnam War experiences. Just as he...
71) Dispatches
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the greatest examples of war journalism ever written, Michael Herr's collection of dispatches from the front lines of the Vietnam War reveal with shattering impact how that war differed from any combat theatre fought before. Herr's clearheaded yet unsparing retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, capturing the unique flavor of the time and place and finding clarity in one of the most incomprehensible events...
72) Point man
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. One of the first to come out of the famed Underwater Demolition Team 21, he was an initial member — a "plank owner" — of America's deadliest and most elite fighting force, the U.S. Navy SEALs.
Through three tours in the jungle hell of Vietnam, he walked the point — staying alert to trip wires, booby traps and punji pits, guiding his squad of amphibious fighters on missions
...73) Heat lightning
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Summoned by Lucas Davenport to investigate a pair of murders in which the victims are found with lemons in their mouths, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers struggles to find a connection that could prevent additional killings.
74) The Vietnam War
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
75) Hearts and minds
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version ; RSDL Dual-layer edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (19 x 12 cm).
Language
English
Description
Examines the American involvement in Vietnam, and is a chronicle of the war from a psychological perspective. Includes interviews with General William Westmoreland, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, Senator William Fulbright, Walt Rostow, and Daniel Ellsberg, as well as American Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese leaders. Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon are shown in rare footage.
76) Tree of smoke
Author
Language
English
Description
CIA officer William "Skip" Sands travels to Vietnam in 1967 as part of a team running deceptive operations against North Vietnam, but his involvement in their latest assignment is complicated by a Canadian nurse and two brothers whose misguided beliefs threaten the entire operation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
War isn't new in our world, but the Vietnam War was a new sort of war in many ways. Called by some "the first television war," it was the first in which video and audio recording played a huge role in getting the story to people back in the United States, bringing home not only the basic news but the enormous toll that war can take. For better and worse, this helped make it one of the most polarizing wars in U.S. history. This intriguing volume provides...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its role in the world. Year of the Hawk is a military and political history of the war in Vietnam during 1965--the pivotal first year of the American conflict, when the United States decided to intervene directly...
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