Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam VeteransLarry Rottmann, Jan Barry, Basil T. Paquet A collection of poems by Vietnam War veterans. |
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... into a privy , feeling into wounds , the dark belly all wound , all wet screams riven limbs moving in the beaten night . -Basil T. Paquet slickship : helicopter troopship о This Last Time This last time the sun dries 18 Night Dust-Off.
... into a privy , feeling into wounds , the dark belly all wound , all wet screams riven limbs moving in the beaten night . -Basil T. Paquet slickship : helicopter troopship о This Last Time This last time the sun dries 18 Night Dust-Off.
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... dust and twine of midnight trails . May : early morning gook ground assault high on grass and sayings of wispy old men . Flying cobras assisted , but the early dawn pilots saw nothing save tamped grass leading to the edge of the fog ...
... dust and twine of midnight trails . May : early morning gook ground assault high on grass and sayings of wispy old men . Flying cobras assisted , but the early dawn pilots saw nothing save tamped grass leading to the edge of the fog ...
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... dust , or the volleyball Overtime ! A tie game , and in the excitement of trying for another bucket killing was forgotten But before we could finish the game a lone mortar round wiped out half the players The final score for the day ...
... dust , or the volleyball Overtime ! A tie game , and in the excitement of trying for another bucket killing was forgotten But before we could finish the game a lone mortar round wiped out half the players The final score for the day ...
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25th Infantry Division Afternoon Pickup Game American Basil Bien Hoa blood Blue Jungle Bronze Shades brother bullets chest CHIGAN clouds Cobra dark dead Dick Doc Lap Don Receveur dreams dust dying earth elephant grass eyes face fire fire fire flesh Free Fire Zone Genghis Khan gifts girls gook grass Green Death Green hell green jungle guns hands Hanoi Hannah Herbert Krohn Hoa Binh Honai hootches Hue City Indochina Jan Barry John Stulett kill land Land Of Oz Larry Rottmann limbs lips LZ Gator metal Michael Casey MICHIGAN mouth move Muddy body bags napalm Nha Trang night Paquet peace poem rain rifle Saigon screams Serigo silent sing smell soldiers Song soul of ships Stan Platke Thap Ba Tho's UNIV UNIVERSITY VERSITY Viet village W. D. Ehrhart walk watch wind Winning Hearts Wire wounds Xuan Loc Young In Rice