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I always assumed that napalm strikes burned the enemy. Then came the photo after I’d returned to "the world," as we called ...
Shared experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) along with coffee and muffins were the breakfast mix at Bangs ...
Part of the Waging Peace in Vietnam Exhibit and Events. November 8, 5:00 - 7:00 PM British and Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library. Poetry helps us speak the unspeakable and feel deeply. Award-winning ...
Vietnam prisoner of war says poetry helped him survive 'Hanoi Hilton' Heather Augustyn Times Correspondent Apr 19, 2013 Apr 19, 2013 Updated Apr 19, 2013; 0; 1 of 3 ...
Glose served in the Gulf War and is the son of a Vietnam War fighter pilot. ... “Specifically regarding war, poetry, writing, poems about your war experience can be picking away a scab.
A Medal of Honor recipient's epic poem of war 04:26. It's not often (if ever) a recipient of the Medal of Honor is also a published poet. But retired Green Beret John Duffy turned his trial-by ...
Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten ... Robert Bly and Denise Levertov influenced social consciousness about the Vietnam War.
A delegation of war veterans from Quoc Oai District, Hanoi, visits the National Road 9 Martyrs’ Cemetery in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, on April 21.
Vietnam War veteran Peter Mathews says "that besides having children and being married, that it had to be one of the best days I've had, ... music and poetry. It was 1967 in South Vietnam.
Through poetry-based performance, "Night Sky with Exit Wounds", an operatic work based on Ocean Voung's poetry collection, explores themes of war, grief and family.
April 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. In Washington, D.C., a new art exhibit offers counter-narratives of what it means to be Vietnamese American.
The Vietnam war wasted countless human lives, American and Vietnamese veterans say, and has left a legacy of mines, bombs, poison and birth defects. It's not clear whether the world has learned ...