Art, Music, Theater, Poetry & Prose by Vietnam Veterans
A Bibliography From the Collection of Reference Materials
in the Resource Library of  the Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center

ART
Between the Lines: Photographs from the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial (2000) by Thomas F. Morrissey (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970-71).

Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections: The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum [Artwork by Vietnam Veterans from the Collection] (1998) edited by Eve Sinaiko.

Vietnam War paintings: Art by James Davis Nelson, Narratives by Participants (2003) by James David Nelson (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

MUSIC
The Ballad of the Green Berets and Letter from Vietnam [45 RPM Single] and Ballads of the Green Berets [LP on CD] (1966), recorded songs written and performed by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Special Forces, 1963-65).

In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War (1991) recorded songs (on CD) performed by various Vietnam Veteran musical artists (including Saul Broudy, U.S. Army, 1966-67) for the Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project.

Jeffrey D‘s Veterans Song (Welcome Home) (1989), a music video by Jeffrey Deitelbaum (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1966-68).

Singing the Vietnam Blues: Songs of the Air Force in Southeast Asia (1990), a book by Joseph F. Tuso (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Air Force, 1968-69).

Vietnam Experience: “…And it‘s one, two, three, what are we fighting for?”  (1987), a music video by Country Joe McDonald (Vietnam Era Veteran [Japan], U.S. Navy, 1962).

THEATER
Born on the Fourth of July (1989), movie (on video) with screenplay by Oliver Stone (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1967-68) and Ron Kovic (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps 1965-66).

Casualties of War (1990), movie (on video) with screenplay by David Rabe (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1966-67).

Dreaming through the Twilight  (2000), a play (manuscript) by Tom Tunnington (Vietnam Veteran, U.S.
Army, 1969-70).

Fragging (1997), a play (book) by Louis Peter Cimino (Vietnam Veteran, US Army, 1972).

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), movie (on video) with screenplay by Mitch Markowitz and Adrien Cronaeur (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Air Force, Armed Forces Radio Service-Vietnam, 1964).

Platoon (1986) movie (on video) with screenplay by Oliver Stone (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1967-68).

The Vietnam Plays: Volume One [includes: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones] and Volume Two [includes: Streamers and The Orphan] (1993) by David Rabe (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1966-67).

POETRY
Carrying the Darkness: Poetry of the Vietnam War (1985) by W.D. Ehrhart (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68).

From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War (1998) an anthology with poems by Vietnam Veterans edited by Philip Mahony.

Playing Basketball With the Viet Cong  (1994) by Kevin Bowen (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).  The Real Deal (2000), original poems illustrated on video by Marc Levy (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970).

Tortured Souls (1997) by Lawerence E. Mize (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

Unaccustomed Mercy: Soldier-Poets of the Vietnam War (1989) by W.D. Ehrhart (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68).

Visions of War, Dreams of Peace: Writings of Women in the Vietnam War  (1991) by Lynda Van Devanter (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Nurse Corps, 1969-70) and Joan A. Furey (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Nurse Corps, 1969-70).

Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans (1972) edited by Larry Rottman (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1967-68), Jan Barry (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1962-63) and Basil T. Paquet (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1969-70).

PROSE
4/4: A LRP‘s Narrative (1993) by Gary Douglas Ford (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

The 13th Valley (1982) by John M. Del Vecchio (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970-71).

About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior (1978, 1988) by Colonel David H. Hackworth, U.S. Army (Retired), (Vietnam Veteran, 1965-71).

The Advisor (1973, 1987) by Lieutenant Colonel John L. Cook, U.S. Army (Vietnam Veteran, 1968-70).

Aftermath: A Soldier‘s Return from Vietnam (1984) by Frederick Downs, Jr. (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

Alone, Unarmed, and Unafraid: Tales of Reconnaissance in Vietnam (1991) by Taylor Eubank (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Air Force, 1967, 1970).

…and a hard rain fell: A GI‘s True Story of the War in Vietnam (1985, 1986) by John Ketwig (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

Another Kind of War Story: Army Nurses Look Back to Vietnam (1993) by (Vietnam Veterans, U.S. Army - Nurse Corps) Barb Deardorff (1968-69), Diane DuPont (1971-72), Linda Goodhart (1969-70), Rhona Prescott (1967-68), and Ann Thompson (1965-66).

Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir (1999) by Larry Gwin (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1965-66).

Baptism: Survivor of Nam (1988) by Donald E. Zlotnik (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Special Forces, 1968-70).

Better Times Than These (1978) by Winston Groom (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1966-67).

Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (1984) by Wallace Terry (Civilian Vietnam War Correspondent, Saigon Bureau Chief for Time, 1967-68).

Beyond Nam Dong (1998) by Colonel Roger H. C. Donlon, U.S. Army-Special Forces (Retired), Medal of Honor recipient (Vietnam Veteran, 1964).

Born on the Fourth of July (1976) by Ron Kovic (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-66).

Busted: A Vietnam Veteran in Nixon‘s America (1995) by W.D. Ehrhart (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68).

Charlie Mike (1985) by Lieutenant Colonel Leonard B. Scott, U.S. Army (Vietnam Veteran, 1970-71).

Chickenhawk  (1983) by Robert Mason (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1965-66).

Chickenhawk: Back in the World: Life After Vietnam  (1993) by Robert Mason (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1965-66).

The Coast Guard at War: Vietnam 1965-1975 (1997) by Captain Alex Larzelere, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1965-66).

Combat Police: U.S. Army Military Police in Vietnam (1994) by Rick Young (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Military Police, 1968-69).

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1985) by Bernard Edelman (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970).

Dear Donna, it‘s Only 45 Hours from Bien Hoa (2002) by Douglas Neralich (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970).

Dear Mom: A Sniper‘s Vietnam (1991) by Joseph T. Ward (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1969-70).

Death in the A Shau Valley: L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-70 (1998) by Larry Chambers (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

Death in the Delta: Diary of a Navy SEAL (1995) by Gary R. Smith (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Navy-SEAL, 1967-71).

The Devil to Pay (1966) by Robin Moore (Civilian participant with US Army-Special Forces [Green Berets] in Vietnam War, 1963-65).

Doc: Platoon Medic (1998) by Daniel E. Evans, Jr. (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

Dog Tags of Courage: The Turmoil of War and the Rewards of Companionship (2000) by Master Sergeant John C. Burnam, U.S. Army (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1966-68).

The Easter Offensive: Vietnam, 1972 (1995) by Colonel G. H. Turley, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired), (Vietnam Veteran, 1971-72).

Escape from Laos (1979) by Dieter Dengler (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Navy/Prisoner Of War, 1965-66).

Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It (1981) edited by Al Santoli (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

The Expendables (1991) by Lieutenant Colonel Leonard B. Scott, U.S. Army (Vietnam Veteran, 1970-71).

Faith of My Fathers (1999) by Senator John McCain, Captain, U.S. Navy, (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran/Prisoner Of War, 1967-73).

Fields of Fire (1978) by James Webb (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-69).

The Fire Dream (1990) by Franklin Allen Leib (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Navy, 1968-69).

Five Years to DEROS (1997) by Harry Dilkes (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967) and Lewis A. Easterly.

The Five Fingers (1978) by Gayle Rivers (Vietnam Veteran, New Zealand Special Air Services, 1969-70).

Five Years to Freedom  (1971) by Lieutenant Colonel James N. Rowe, U.S. Army-Special Forces (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran /Prisoner Of War, 1963-68).

For the Sake of All Living Things (1990) by John Del Vecchio (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970-71).

Forrest Gump (1986) by Winston Groom (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1966-67).

Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller (1991) by Lewis B. Puller (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1968).

GI Diary (1984) by David Parks (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

Going After Cacciato  (1978) by Tim O‘Brien (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

Guns Up! (1984) by Johnnie M. Clark (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1968).

The Green Berets (1965) by Robin Moore (Civilian participant with U.S. Army-Special Forces in the Vietnam War, 1963-65).

Hamburger Hill (1987) by William Pelfrey (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

HEROES or Something (2001) by Brad Kennedy (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1966-67).

Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam (1983) by Lynda Van Devanter (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Nurse Corps, 1969-70).

A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam 1967-68 (1997) by Dwight W. Birdwell (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (1969, 1970, 1972, 1973) by Tim O‘Brien (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

In the Lake of the Woods (1994) by Tim O‘Brien (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

In the Combat Zone: An Oral History of American Women in Vietnam (1987) by Kathryn Marshall.

In Love and War: The Story of a Family‘s Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years (1990) by Jim and Sybil Stockdale (Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, U.S. Navy, Retired, Vietnam Veteran /Prisoner Of War, 1964-73).

In Pharoah‘s Army: Memories of the Lost War (1994) by Tobias Wolff (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1966-67).

Indian Country (1987) by Philip Caputo (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-66).

Into the Green: A Reconnaissance by Fire (2001) by Cherokee Paul McDonald (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-69).

K-9 Soldiers: Vietnam and After (1999) by Major Paul B. Morgan, U.S. Army (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1965-66).

The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War (1978, 1983) by Frederick Downs (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

Landing Zones: Southern Veterans Remember Vietnam  (1990) edited by James R. Wilson (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1966-67).

Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War (1996) by James E. Parker, Jr. (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1965-66; C.I.A., 1971-75).

The Last Run (1987) by Leonard B. Scott (Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army) (Vietnam Veteran, 1970-71).

Meditations in Green (1983) by Stephen Wright (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

Mad Minutes and Vietnam Months: A Soldier‘s Memoir (1998) by Michael Clodfelter (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1965-66).

No Shining Armor: The Marines at War in Vietnam: An Oral History (1992) by Otto J. Lehrack (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68, 1970-71).

On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War (1982) by Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1966-68, 1974-75).

P.O.W.: Survivor of Nam #2 (1988) by Donald E. Zlotnik (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Special Forces, 1968-70).

A P.O.W.‘s Story: 2801 Days in Hanoi (1990) by Colonel Larry Guarino, U.S. Air Force (Retired), (Vietnam Veteran /Prisoner Of War, 1965-73).

Passing Time: Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War (1995) by W.D. Erhart (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68).

Phase Line Green: The Battle for Hue, 1968 (1997) by Nicholas Warr (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-68).

Phu Nham (1984) by Barry Sadler (Vietnam Veteran, US Army-Special Forces, 1963-65).

A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of Twenty-Six American Women Who Served in Vietnam (1985, 1997) by Keith Walker.

Platoon (1986) by Dale A. Dye, based on a screenplay by Oliver Stone (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

Platoon: Bravo Company (1998) by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hemphill, U.S. Army (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1967-68).

Prisoner of War: Six Years in Hanoi (1975) by Lieutenant Commander John M. McGrath, U.S. Navy (Retired), (Vietnam Veteran /Prisoner Of War, 1967-73).

Quang Tri Cadence: Memoir of a Rifle Platoon Leader in the Mountain of Vietnam (1993) by Jon Oplinger (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968).

Re-Writing America: Vietnam Authors in Their Generation (1991) by Philip D. Beidler (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968).

Rogue Warrior (1992) by Commander Richard Marcinko, U.S. Navy-SEAL (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1967-74).

A Rumor of War (1977) by Philip Caputo (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-66).

A Saigon Party and Other Vietnam War Short Stories (1998) by Diana J. Dell (Civilian with the USO in the Vietnam War 1970-71).

Shades of Gray (1998) by Paul A. Scipione (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

The Short-Timers [on which the movie Full Metal Jacket was based] (1979) by Gustav Hasford (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-69).

Silence Was a Weapon: The Vietnam War in the Villages, A Personal Perspective (1982) by Lieutenant Colonel Stuart A. Herrington, U.S. Army (Vietnam Veteran, 1971-72, 1973-75).

A Sniper in the Arizona: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the Arizona Territory, 1967 (1999) by John J. Culbertson (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-67).

Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam (1990) by Charley Trujillo (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1970).

A Soldier Reports (1976, 1980) by General William C. Westmoreland, U.S. Army (Retired), (Vietnam Veteran, 1964-68).

The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam (1998) by Jerry Lembcke (Vietnam Veteran,  U.S. Army, 1969-70).

Steel My Soldier‘ Hearts (2002) by Colonel David H. Hackworth, U.S. Army (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1965-71) and Elihys England.

Strange Ground: Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975, An Oral History (1998), Harry Maurer, editor.

Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect (1978, 1988) by Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, U.S. Navy (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran,1964-68).

Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story (1993) by Norman L. Russell (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

Survivors: Vietnam P.O.W.s Tell Their Stories (1994) edited by Zalin Grant (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

Swimmers among the Trees: SEAL Operations in the Vietnam War (1996) by Joel M. Hutchins (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Navy-SEAL, 1967-68).

They Were Ours: Gloucester County‘s Loss in Vietnam (2000) by John Campbell (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1969-70).

The Things They Carried  (1990) by Tim O‘Brien (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

Thirteen Months, Thirteen Stories, One Tour (2002) by Jerzy Zarzycki (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot (1995) by Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, U.S. Navy (Retired), (Vietnam Veteran/Prisoner Of War, 1964-73).

Time Heals No Wounds (1993) by Jack Leninger (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1968-69).

To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians (1985) edited by Al Santoli (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

Vietnam Snapshots: Stories of a Conflict (1996) by Craig Etchison (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1969-70).

Vietnam Veterans‘ Homecoming: Crossing the Line (1998) by Carey J. Spearman (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1967-68).

The Village (1985) by Francis J. West (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-69).

War in Aquarius: Memoir of an American Infantryman in Action along the Cambodian Border during the Vietnam War (1994) Dennis Kitchin (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

We Were Soldiers Once…and Young (1992) by Lieutenant General Harold Moore, U.S. Army (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran, 1965-66) and Joseph L. Galloway (Civilian UPI war correspondent and participant with U.S. Army in Vietnam War, 1965).

Why Didn‘t You Get Me Out? Betrayal in the Viet Cong Death Camps: The Truth about Heroes, Traitors and Those Left Behind (1997) by Frank Anton (Chief Warrant Officer 4, U.S. Army, Retired) (Vietnam Veteran /POW 1968-73) and Tommy Denton (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1969-70).

Women in Vietnam: The Oral History (2000) by Ron Steinman.

Word of Honor (1985) by Nelson DeMille (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army, 1968-69).

A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam (2000) by Mary Reynolds Powell (Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army-Nurse Corps, 1970-71).

Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir (2002) by Senator John McCain, Captain, U.S. Navy, (Retired) (Vietnam Veteran /Prisoner Of War, 1967-73) with Mark Salter.