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Mason's poem "The Wall Within" was read at the 1984 dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. [1] and has the distinction of being the only American work of poetry on display at the war memorial in Hanoi. The author of four books, his poetry related to his experiences as a captain in the United States Army during the ...
William "Bill" Daniel Ehrhart (born September 30, 1948) is an American poet, writer, scholar and Vietnam veteran. Ehrhart has been called "the dean of Vietnam war poetry ." Donald Anderson, editor of War, Literature & the Arts , said Ehrhart's Vietnam–Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir , is "the best single, unadorned, gut-felt telling of one ...
Facing It" is a poem by American poet and author Yusef Komunyakaa. It is a reflection on Komunyakaa's first visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Komunyakaa served in Vietnam and was discharged from the Army in 1966, during which time he wrote for army newspaper Southern Cross. It is the second poem written by Komunyakaa about Vietnam. R. S.
The performance art film juxtaposing the history of the Vietnam War with the present aims to keep memories of veterans and the war alive.
The Vietnam Years: 1000 Questions and Answers (1986) (with Micheal Clodfelter) On Snipers, Laughter and Death: Vietnam Poems (1992) Under a Flare-Lit Sky: Vietnam Poems (1996) Notes to the Man who Shot Me: Vietnam War Poems. Coal City review. University of Kansas, English Department. 2003. ISBN 9787774580310
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In 1967, he became the principal founder and first president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. [3] American poet and scholar W. D. Ehrhart described Barry as an integral figure to Vietnam veterans' poetry, "not only for his own pioneering poems, but especially for his tireless efforts to encourage and promote the work of others". [4]
This year, as we honor Veterans Day on November 11, 2023, we recognize the American patriots who have served in the military, and thank them for their service to our country.Reading and sharing ...