Voices From Vietnam

Interviews, Letters, Vignettes, and Reflections, 1964-1982

Bruce H. “Doc” Norton, Bruce H. "Doc" Norton

• Publisher: Academica Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9781680534344
• eBook ISBN:
  9781680534368
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Voices From Vietnam began as a stage play but, due to the overwhelming number of contributors, is now published in this companion book. Both the play and the book are a collaborative effort between Major Bruce H. “Doc” Norton, USMC (Ret), a decorated Vietnam War veteran, author, and former oral historian for the Marine Corps, and Dr. Harry Kantrovich, a retired Chief of Naval Operations Command Master Chief, playwright, and award-winning director. From the front lines of battle to the school rooms and living rooms of our hometowns, Voices From Vietnam is a collection of letters, vignettes, reflections, and memories from Vietnam Veterans, former prisoners of war, families of servicemen who were missing in action, and the home front based upon interviews conducted by the authors. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Prologue
• “These Good Men”
• Acknowledgments
• 1. With 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company – 1969–1970
• 2. Vietnam – July 1965 – July 1966
• 3. A Bullet Through the Helmet: A Vietnam Dustoff Pilot’s Memoir
• 4. “A Short History of Chow in Vietnam”
• 5. Base Camp Danang
• 6. At the Helm
• 7. My Vietnam Service
• 8. One Tough Marine
• 9. My Tour in Vietnam as an Army Medic
• 10. 1st Force Reconnaissance Company; RVN 1967-1968 and 1970-1971
• 11. Scout Dogs in the Vietnam War
• 12. An Encounter in Pleiku
• 13. The Kindergarten Marines
• 14. “Friendly Fire - 1968”
• 15. Bravo Relay - I Corps, Vietnam 21 March-11 June 1968
• 16. “A Marine CH-34 Helicopter Pilot Remembers…”
• 17. “He sat on my boot…”
• 18. Marine Tactical Data System (MTDS)
• 19. A Soldier’s Reflections
• 20. As I Remember It - 1968
• 21. Operation Pegasus – Hill 881
• 22. Wartime Notes
• 23. The Start of the Tet Offensive
• 24. Hue City - January – March 1968
• 25. The Big Fight
• 26. Sergeant Joe
• 27. The Queen of Spades
• 28. USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) – The lost 74
• 29. Goin’ to the Nam - 1969
• 30. Tet of 1969 - Attack on the Chu Chi Base Camp
• 31. 1970s Random reflections on service in South Vietnam 1970-1971
• 32. Delta Troop 2nd/17th Operations - June 1969 - November 1970
• 33. A Day in a Year …. A Year in a Life
• 34. Delta Troop 2nd/17th Air Cavalry - 1969
• 35. “Choppers”
• 36. Freedom Bird
• 37. “Days to Come”
• 38. With 3rd Force Recon Company – 1970
• 39. Long Binh
• 40. United States Air Force Security Service
• 41. “Short”
• 42. Melody in the Dark Vietnamese Night
• 43. His name is Ben
• 44. In My Viewfinder: The Epilogue
• 45. The 85th Evacuation Hospital, Phu Bai - 1971-1972
• 46. Letters HMM 362 “Ugly Angels” Ky Ha, Republic of South Vietnam
• 47. A Letter to the Editor
• 48. Letter from a U.S. Army Infantryman
• 49. My Letter Home
• 50. An Australian Infantryman’s Letter Long Khanh Province - 1970
• 51. Stateside The Stamp
• 52. The Lottery
• 53. The Women “Dealing with Misery…”
• 54. Eddie Lee Evenson
• 55. “Goodbye, Vietnam”
• 56. My Military Journey
• 57. Nobody had Ever Welcomed Me Home
• 58. A Vietnamese Refugee’s Story
• 59. POW/MIA/KIA The Longest Enlisted POW
• 60. Triumph over Captors
• 61. Colonel Donald Cook, USMC, Medal of Honor
• 62. The First A-7 Pilot Prisoner of War
• 63. Missing in Action An MIA Daughter’s Story
• 64. My Journey Home
• 65. Finding Answers
• 66. Killed in Action The Long Goodbye
• 67. The Wall