A Vietnam Epic Uncovers Old Wounds: An Interview with Karl Marlantes

[douglas9]

Anyone interested in reading a "novel" about the VN war might check out the Mother Jones link below. The recently released "Matterhorn" is on the Times best seller list.

http://motherjones.com/print/57106

[The River]

1. No Need To Read About It

I lived it.

[Amsterdam Hooligan]

2. Brother River...

There It Is.............I spent 17 months and 22 days there.....05Bravo...173rd Airborne 2/503rd...LZ English, LZ Uplift, LZ Crystal....November 1969 thru March 1971.......Amsterdam Hooligan.......

[DongHa69]

3. Same here

don't want to read about something I lived
Seabees
40Th Battalion
Bravo Company
Dong Ha, Republic of Vietnam
Detached to Marine Base at Con Thien
1969-1970

[madokie]

4. 15 months of living it was enough for me

40 years later its still right out there

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. gotta join the less-than interested

in this one...

21 months until the bitter end and a short flight out to sea with the clothes on my back, a mostly-empty unit 1, someone else's .45 and a canteen with a bullet hole in it