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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... napalm as it hits the ground , And the click of your weapon as you chamber a round . The lightning crash of the Cobras , The whizzing slash of shrapnel . The tiny pops from a mortar pit , And the explosive shattering of a direct hit ...
... napalm as it hits the ground , And the click of your weapon as you chamber a round . The lightning crash of the Cobras , The whizzing slash of shrapnel . The tiny pops from a mortar pit , And the explosive shattering of a direct hit ...
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... napalm was hit yesterday by a twenty - year - old helicopter pilot fresh from the states Who found it more ecstatic than the firing range for testing his guns -Jan Barry The Journey Where were you bound for , unknown man. 51.
... napalm was hit yesterday by a twenty - year - old helicopter pilot fresh from the states Who found it more ecstatic than the firing range for testing his guns -Jan Barry The Journey Where were you bound for , unknown man. 51.
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... napalm , But the families had lived . They stood before us , Frightened , bewildered , hateful , An old man , two old women , One young woman , five small children . Big John demanded , " Can Cuoc ! " The old man reached in The pocket ...
... napalm , But the families had lived . They stood before us , Frightened , bewildered , hateful , An old man , two old women , One young woman , five small children . Big John demanded , " Can Cuoc ! " The old man reached in The pocket ...
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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