Synopses & Reviews
An unforgettable collection of 174 letters and diary entries written by 92 Wisconsin men and women who served in Vietnam.
Distributed for the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.
Review
"Speak[s] more accurately and eloquently about the war than the millions of words already published by novelists and pundits."Capital Times
Review
and#160;andquot;Speak[s] more accurately and eloquently about the war than the millions of words already published by novelists and pundits.andquot; (The Capital Times)
and#160;andquot;A superb book that should have an appeal not just to residents of Wisconsin but to the 2.5 million Americans who served, and to anyone interested, in the Vietnam War.andquot; (Indiana Magazine of History)
Synopsis
An unforgettable collection of 174 letters and diary entries written by 92 wisconsin men and women who served in Vietnam. Includes a journal kept by Menasha native Frederic Flom on cigarette wrappers during his final 16 days of captivity andmdash; the only known diary smuggled out by a Vietnam prisoner of war.
About the Author
Michael E. Stevens is the Stateand#160;Historic Preservationand#160;Officerand#160;at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He is editor of the series Voices of the Wisconsin Past,and#160;which also includes Letters from the Front, Women Remember the War, and Remembering the Holocaust.