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About this book
A military journalist shines a light on the unsung heroism and contributions of enlisted combat reporters in the Vietnam War in these revealing interviews.
Vietnam Bao Chi brings together interviews with thirty-five combat correspondents who reported on the Vietnam War. These brave men and women wrote the stories, captured the images, and filmed the television coverage of their fellow servicepeople on battlefields from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ and from the Tet Offensive in 1968 to the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Here you will meet Marine Dale Dye, who would go on to play an integral role in the making of the film Platoon; Green Beret Jim Morris, whose books, including War Story, recount the combat operations of Special Forces units in the Central Highlands; John Del Vecchio, whose classic work of fiction, The 13th Valley, mirrors his own existence as a combat correspondent with the 101st Airborne Division; and US Navy Frogman Chip Maury, renowned for his free-fall and underwater photography in Vietnam.
Yablonka's extensive experience as a military journalist brought him into contact with many of these combat correspondents, giving him a unique insight into their professions and lives. This book honors these brave chroniclers in uniform who brought the Vietnam War home to us.
"[This] valuable collection of profiles . . . shines light on the all-but-forgotten role of American military báo chí (press in Vietnamese)." — Publishers Weekly
Vietnam Bao Chi brings together interviews with thirty-five combat correspondents who reported on the Vietnam War. These brave men and women wrote the stories, captured the images, and filmed the television coverage of their fellow servicepeople on battlefields from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ and from the Tet Offensive in 1968 to the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Here you will meet Marine Dale Dye, who would go on to play an integral role in the making of the film Platoon; Green Beret Jim Morris, whose books, including War Story, recount the combat operations of Special Forces units in the Central Highlands; John Del Vecchio, whose classic work of fiction, The 13th Valley, mirrors his own existence as a combat correspondent with the 101st Airborne Division; and US Navy Frogman Chip Maury, renowned for his free-fall and underwater photography in Vietnam.
Yablonka's extensive experience as a military journalist brought him into contact with many of these combat correspondents, giving him a unique insight into their professions and lives. This book honors these brave chroniclers in uniform who brought the Vietnam War home to us.
"[This] valuable collection of profiles . . . shines light on the all-but-forgotten role of American military báo chí (press in Vietnamese)." — Publishers Weekly
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Taking on Hollywood: Dale Dye
- Soldier First, Photog’ Second: John Del Vecchio
- They Were Marines Like Him: Steve Stibbens
- Rockin’ and Rollin’ With the Montagnards: Jim Morris
- Getting His Knees in the Breeze: Chip Maury
- Seeing the Action Through the Viewfinder: Ken Hackman
- He Shot More Photos than Bullets: Marvin Wolf
- He Had Survived: Frank Lee
- Connected with Vietnamese Refugees from Home: John Taylor
- Learned How to Deal with the Danger: Bob Bayer
- Covering Operation Homecoming: Tom Lincoln
- So That Others May Live: Rick Fuller
- Memorializing the Troops: Roger Hawkins
- Illinois Farm Boy Thrust into a Different World: Mike Boggs
- From the Peace Corps to the Coast Guard, San Francisco to Vietnam: Donn Fry
- Requested Vietnam Duty on Friday, the 13th: Chris Jensen
- 221st, Unique by Any Definition of the Word: Frank Lepore
- The Country Needed to Know: Chuck Abbott
- MoPic Photog’ Wearing the Blue: Joe Montgomery
- From Hot Rod Comics and Hemingway... to Vietnam: Dennis “Bao Chi Mac” McCloskey
- Played an Invaluable Part in Training New Army Photographers: Stanton Pratt
- A Rifle and a Hard Time: Bill Christofferson
- Chronicler of the Coast Guard Experience in Vietnam: Paul Scotti
- On a Special Purpose Mission: Sonny Craven
- Photography Became His World: Robert Frank
- Gunner with a Camera: Ron Gorman
- Never Ambushed: Larry Letzer
- A Magic Slice of Life: David Sommers
- No Photography on Night Patrols ... Just Ambushes: Terry Lang
- Robert Capa Was His Hero: Dick Durrance
- Followed Directions and Kept His Mouth Shut: Bob Douville
- Vietnam Seemed Just Fine: Mike Stokey II
- There but for the Grace of God Go I: Eddie Carroll
- The War as Reported and Photographed by the Civilian Press
- A One-way Ticket, $100 and Leica: Catherine Leroy
- Everything Is Okay Now: Nick Ut
- A Moment of Truth: Eddie Adams
- Bringing the War Home: Requiem
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography