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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... Larry Rottmann * from an article by Captain Paul Von Hoene , Tropic Lightning News , 25th Infantry Division , Cu Chi , Vietnam , July 3 , 1967 . Waiting Out An American Air Strike The tall razor grass 11 56MM, XM16E1.
... Larry Rottmann * from an article by Captain Paul Von Hoene , Tropic Lightning News , 25th Infantry Division , Cu Chi , Vietnam , July 3 , 1967 . Waiting Out An American Air Strike The tall razor grass 11 56MM, XM16E1.
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... grass I didn't move . didn't move . And there was no wind . I lay in a shallow trench , Where the sun was trampling me . My hands covered my head As futile protection . After the thump and blast , I turned my heels down , Pushed one ...
... grass I didn't move . didn't move . And there was no wind . I lay in a shallow trench , Where the sun was trampling me . My hands covered my head As futile protection . After the thump and blast , I turned my heels down , Pushed one ...
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... 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 . Dawn , perimeter intruders bleeding , aging , twenty - odd guerrillas stretched over ...
... 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 . Dawn , perimeter intruders bleeding , aging , twenty - odd guerrillas stretched over ...
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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