We Were There, Vietnam: Eyewitness Battlefield Stories

For more than a decade, American soldiers fought an unpredictable, unspeakably painful battle in the fields, cities, town, and rivers of Vietnam. Three American presidents held office during that time and thousands upon thousands of lives were lost. The Vietnam War is one of the most heatedly debated conflicts in history. Yet, for the troops who were there, it was an interminable march of long, hot days, filled with destruction, exhaustion, and fear. We Were There: Vietnam chronicles those long years of war from the perspectives of soldiers who fought in daily battle and the reporters and photographers who recorded events alongside them It includes essays from such literary luminaries as John Steinbeck, and James Jones; accounts from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists David Halberstam, Peter Arnett, and Malcolm Brown; and searing photographs from Pulitzer Prize-winner Horst Fass and others. In its immediacy and intensity, this visual account is unlike any other chronicle of war. We Were There is a carefully researched collection of words and images that provides a unique view of the Vietnam War; deeply personal memories from those who experienced the agony and profound frustration of the day-to-day conflict firsthand.