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 Taken from William Joiner Institute Under Siege by Marc Levy:
EXTRA!!! David vs Goliath!!!
In 1995, when reading my paperback copy of The Sorrow of War, by the North Vietnamese veteran and novelist Bao Ninh, I would fall into a trance, feel as if I were floating above my bed. What was happening, I did not know. Several months later, traveling in Southeast Asia, I invented excuses to not locate Ninh.
A year later, in New York, I purchased the book in hardback. At the sight of Ninh's dust jacket photo, I saw again the faces of soldiers my platoon had hunted, and who'd hunted us. That night I dreamt my platoon was trapped, out of ammo, trying desperately to escape.
In the winter of 1998, I mailed a hard copy letter to Bao Ninh. Two months later I received his reply: "On the occasion of Christmas and the New Year, I am very glad to send you our warmest regard from Vietnam. I wish you and your family a new year full of happiness. I hope we will soon meet each other in Hanoi.... Read More
Also In This Issue:
- The Struggle Continues by Joe Miller
- VVAW Continues Investment in Vietnam's Future by Chuck Theusch
- Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
- Leadership Fiasco at the VA by Suzanne Gordon
- Why I Joined VVAW When I Left the Navy by Dan Lavery
- They Must Have Thought I Was Very Short by Gregory Ross
- My 1968: Exodus and Re-entry by Joe Miller
- Chicago 1968 by Larry Craig
- A Flower at My Lai (poem) by Mike Hastie
- Jesus In The Jungle (poem) by C. F. Harrienger, Jr.
- Veterans and Unions Gain Momentum in their Fight Against VA Privatization by Roberto Jesus Clack
- The Price of Choice by Suzanne Gordon
- 50th Anniversary of the Tet Offensive by John Ketwig
- Prelude to Tet by Dan New
- A Tet Remembrance by Chuck Aswell
- My 1968 Story by Albert Penta
- The Year of the Monkey by Joseph Giannini
- Fifty Years Ago Today by Robert Traller
- February 5, 1968 by Robert Traller
- Photos from the Archives, Part 1 (photos) by VVAW
- Honorable Discharge (poem) by Mike Hastie
- The Standard Bearer (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- A Rapt Evening of May 1968 by John Crandell
- Maggot Days: The Wheels on the Bus by Gerald R. Gioglio
- One More Night (poem) by David Sandgrund
- The Emerging Veteran Art Movement Gains Momentum by Kevin Basl
- Veteran Artists and the Poor People's Campaign Portfolio by Aaron Hughes
- war, survival, guilt and choice (poem) by Gregory Ross
- About Face by Matt Howard
- The Right to Bear Arms (a found poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
- On Being Frank by Marc Levy
- The Boy Who Played Army by Joe Petzel
- Percussion, Concussion, Destruction and Death by Gregory Ross
- Coping with PTSD Within and Without the VA by Bill Ronan
- All the Difference by Peter Stine (reviewer)
- On Tyranny by Steve Geiger (reviewer)
- Coping with PTSD by John Ketwig
- Casualty Poem (poem) by Marc Levy
- W A R (poem) by Mike Hastie
- William Joiner Institute Under Siege by Marc Levy
- Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
- A True Spat-Upon Soldier Story by W. D. Ehrhart
- Vietnam Ambush by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Photos from the Archives, Part 2 (photos) by VVAW
- The Road Not Taken by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- Tin Can by Dan Lavery (reviewer)
- Establishment Account of the Vietnam War by Roger Carasso
- Long Daze at Long Binh by John Zutz (reviewer)
- Vietnam: A History of the War by Allen Meece (reviewer)
- Button Man (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- Blind Nation by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- The Vietnam I Remember by r g cantalupo
- Autopsy of War: A Personal History by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- If I Die Before I Wake: During Tet 1968 and After by r g cantalupo
- What Did I Fight For? (poem) by Bruce H. Hendrickson
- RECOLLECTIONS: I Couldn't Escape '68 by Jim Wohlgemuth
- DACA Vets (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
- El Machete Illustrated (cartoon) by Eric J. Garcia
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