“Hoosier Voices from Vietnam” Resources

Appy, Christian G., ed. Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides. New York: Viking, 2003.

Arnett, Peter. We’re Taking Fire: A Reporter’s View of the Vietnam War, Tet and the Fall of LBJ. New York: Associated Press, 2018.

Bailey, Beth. An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023.

Boomhower, Ray E. The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World. Albuquerque, NM: High Road Books (University of New Mexico Press), 2024.

Halberstam, David. The Best and the Brightest. 1969; New York: The Modern Library, 2001.

Hastings, Max. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945–1975. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.

Herring, George C. America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950–1975. 1979; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History. 1983; New York: Penguin Books, 1997.

Langguth, A. J. Our Vietnam: The War, 1954–1975. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Lawrence, Mark Atwood. The Vietnam War: A Concise International History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Logevall, Fredrik. Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam. New York: Random House, 2012.

Moyar, Mark. Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Nichter, Luke A. The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the Making of the Cold War. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020.

Nolting, Frederick. From Trust to Tragedy: The Political Memoirs of Frederick Nolting, Kennedy’s Ambassador to Diem’s Vietnam. New York: Praeger, 1988.

Oberdorfer, Don. Tet! The Turning Point in the Vietnam War. 1971; Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Pardos, John. Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945–1975. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2009.

Prochnau, William. Once upon a Distant War: Reporting from Vietnam. New York: Times Books, 1995.

Salisbury, Harrison E., ed. Vietnam Reconsidered: Lessons from a War. New York: Harper and Row, 1984.

Sheehan, Neil. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1988.

Terry, Wallace. Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. New York: Random House, 1984.

VanDeMark, Brian. Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam. New York: HarperCollins, 2018.

Wawro, Geoffrey. The Vietnam War: A Military History. New York: Basic Books, 2024.

Westheider, James E. The African American Experience in Vietnam: Brothers in Arms. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008.

Willenson, Kim, ed. The Bad War: An Oral History of the Vietnam War. New York: NAL Books, 1987.

Wyatt, Clarence R. Paper Soldiers: The American Press and the Vietnam War. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1993.

Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Winter 2024, Volume 36, Number 1

Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam by Ray E. Boomhower

A Temporary Sort of Peace: A Memoir of Vietnam by Jim McGarrah

Vietnam War 50th Commemoration: A Time to Honor, Stories of Service, Duty, and Sacrifice. Remember My Service Productions, 2021

America and the Vietnam War: Re-examining the Culture and History of a Generation by Andrew Wiest, Glenn Robins, and Mary Kathryn Barbier, 2010

The Air Force in the Vietnam War by John T. Correll, 2004

“America’s Women Veterans: Military Service History and VA Benefit Utilization Statistics.” Office of Data Governance and Analytics, February 2017, https://www.va.gov/vetdata/docs/specialreports/women_veterans_2015_final.pdf

Anderson, David L. “The Indiana National Guard in the Turbulent 1960s.” Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 85, No. 4, December 1989, pp. 335-349, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27791329

“Armed Forces of the Vietnam War.” Pritzker Military Museum & Library, https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/vietnam-war/armed-forces

“Becoming a Conscientious Objector during the Vietnam War.” Social Change Interviews, March 25, 2022, https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/sc-interviews/2022/03/25/becoming-a-conscientious-objector-during-the-vietnam-war/

Breen, Kerry. “What veteran Army nurses say about their experiences serving in Vietnam.” CBS News, November 11, 2024, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/veteran-army-nurses-share-experiences/

Carland, John. “When Did the Vietnam War Start for the United States?” Office of the Secretary of Defense, June 17, 2012, https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/assets/1/7/When_Did_the_Vietnam_War_Start_for_the_United_States.pdf

Collins, Shannon. “Female Vietnam vets recall harrowing stories of service.” U.S. Army, November 9, 2023, https://www.army.mil/article/271590/female_vietnam_vets_recall_harrowing_stories_of_service

Correll, John T. The Air Force in the Vietnam War. The Air Force Association, 2004, https://secure.afa.org/Mitchell/reports/1204vietnam.pdf

Cunningham, Richard. “The Dogs of the Vietnam War.” The New York Times, October 3, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/opinion/the-dogs-of-the-vietnam-war.html

Department of Defense. “SUBJECT: Conscientious Objectors.” May 5, 2007, https://web.archive.org/web/20100628205418/http:/www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/130006p.pdf

DeSimone, Danielle. “From USO Saigon to USO Indianapolis – How a Vietnam Veteran Found His Way Back to the USO as a Volunteer.” USO, April 22, 2022, https://www.uso.org/stories/3313-from-uso-saigon-to-uso-indianapolis-how-a-vietnam-veteran-found-his-way-back-to-the-uso-as-a-volunteer

“Vietnam War Veterans-Turned-USO-Volunteers Share How the USO Supported Them Through the War.” USO, March 24, 2023, https://www.uso.org/stories/3528-vietnam-veterans-turned-uso-volunteers-share-memories-of-the-war-and-the-support-they-received-from-the-uso#:~:text=At%20the%20peak%20of%20the,serving%20under%20high%2Dstress%20conditions

F. O. McClendon, Jr. “Doctors and Dentists, Nurses and Corpsmen in Vietnam.” U.S. Naval Institute, May 1970, https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1970/may/doctors-and-dentists-nurses-and-corpsmen-vietnam#:~:text=It%20is%20not%20well%20known,Da%20Nang;%20and%20offshore%20facilities

“Honoring Those Who Served – Memorial Day 2021.” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2021, https://www.data.va.gov/stories/s/Vietnam-Veterans-Memorial-Day-2021/q3fu-7ckx/#:~:text=More%20than%20300%2C000%20were%20also,suffered%20other%20injuries%20(1)

“Induction Statistics.” Selective Service System, https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/induction-statistics/

Johnson, Richard. “Life as a Vietnam veterinarian.” The Exponent, July 27, 2021, https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/life-as-a-vietnam-veterinarian/article_24579e99-d5e7-5e7c-8f3b-21e2031c246c.html

Kratz, Jessie. “Vietnam: The First Television War.” National Archives, January 25, 2018, https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/01/25/vietnam-the-first-television-war/

Laird, Jesse and Stephen Zunes. “The US Anti-Vietnam War Movement (1964-1973).” International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, January 2010, https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/us-anti-vietnam-war-movement-1964-1973/
Lange, Katie. “Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.” U.S. Department of Defense, November 7, 2023, https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3582809/commemorating-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-vietnam-womens-memorial/

Lange, Katie. “Medal of Honor Monday: Army Sgt. 1st Class Sammy Lee Davis.” U.S. Department of Defense, November 18, 2024, https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3964030/medal-of-honor-monday-army-sgt-1st-class-sammy-lee-davis/

Leggett, Robert E. “Serving Proudly and with Distinction: The U.S. Coast Guard in the Vietnam War.” The Veteran, November/December 2020, https://vvaveteran.org/40-6/40-6_coastguard.html#:~:text=The%20Coast%20Guard%20assumed%20a,up%20to%2040%20miles%20offshore

Marsh, Alan. “POWs in American History: A Synopsis.” National Park Service, 1998, https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/historyculture/pow_synopsis.htm

Matos, Rafael. “What a Combat Medic Still Carries.” The New York Times, February 15, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/opinion/combat-medic-vietnam.html

Maxwell, Donald W. “Young Americans and the Draft.” OAH Magazine of History, Vol. 20, No. 5, Social Movements in the 1960s, October 2006, pp. 37-39, https://www.jstor.org/stable/25162083

“Medics and Corpsmen.” Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, https://www.vvmf.org/topics/Medics-and-Corpsmen/

“Minority Veteran Report Military Service History and VA Benefit Utilization Statistics.” Office of Data Governance and
Analytics, March 2017, https://www.va.gov/vetdata/docs/SpecialReports/Minority_Veterans_Report.pdf

The National Archives, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File, as of April 29, 2008, 6/8/1956 – 5/28/2006

Novara, Elizabeth. “The Vietnam Women’s Memorial: Representations of Women in the Nation’s Public Memory.” Library of Congress, November 10, 2022, https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2022/11/the-vietnam-womens-memorial-representations-of-women-in-the-nations-public-memory/

“Office of Army Reserve History.” Army Reverse, https://www.usar.army.mil/OurHistory/Vietnam/

“Operation Homecoming.” National Museum of the United States Air Force, https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197496/operation-homecoming/

“Prisoners of War during Vietnam.” Pritzker Military Museum & Library, https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/vietnam-war/pows-vietnam

“Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities in the Vietnam War: A Resource Guide.” Library of Congress, https://guides.loc.gov/racial-ethnic-and-religious-minorities-in-the-vietnam-war#:~:text=Hispanic%20Americans%20also%20served%20in,of%20the%20general%20U.S.%20population

Severson, Aaron and Lorilea Johnson. “In Country: U.S. Nurses During the Vietnam War.” Working Nurse, October 5, 2020, https://www.workingnurse.com/articles/in-country-u-s-nurses-during-the-vietnam-war/#:~:text=Average%20Age:%2023,nurses%2C%20they%20were%20never%20implemented

Smale, John. “Vietnam Era Radioman.” The National Association for Amateur Radio, September 17, 2008, https://www.arrl.org/news/vietnam-era-radioman

Taylor, Lisa. “Vietnam War: Air Power.” Library of Congress, November 16, 2016, https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/11/vietnam-war-air-power/

“The ‘Hanoi Hilton’ and Other Prisons.” National Museum of the United States Air Force, https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197500/the-hanoi-hilton-and-other-prisons/

“The U.S. Air Force in Vietnam.” History Division of the U.S. Air Force, https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/assets/1/7/United_States_Airforce_in_Vietnam.pdf

“The U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War.” The U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War, https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/assets/1/7/U.S._Marine_Corps_in_Vietnam.pdf

“The Vietnam Experience.” Naval History and Heritage Command, https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-vietnam-experience.html

Tonsing, Ab. “Activists recall turbulent era of 1960s and 1970s.” Herald Times, https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2013/08/04/activists-recall-turbulent-era-of-1960s-and-1970s/117477910/

“Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam.” Institute of Medicine, 1994, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK236347/

“Vietnam Dead Names Read.” Anderson Daily Bulletin, July 5, 1969, https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/anderson/anderson-herald-bulletin/1969/07-05/page-24

“Vietnam War: Looking Back.” Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/collections/veterans-history-project-collection/serving-our-voices/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-looking-back/

“Vietnam War Statistics.” Vietnam Veterans of America Charles S. Kettles Chapter 310, https://www.vva310.org/vietnam-war-statistics

Walsh, Kelsey. “Volunteer Service From American Physicians During the Vietnam War.” AMA Journal of Ethics, September 2019, https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/volunteer-service-american-physicians-during-vietnam-war/2019-09#:~:text=In%20the%20years%20that%20VPVN,Joanne%20Smith%20T

“Women in Vietnam.” Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, https://www.vvmf.org/topics/Women-in-Vietnam/

Zeigler, Connie J. “Vietnam War.” Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, March 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/vietnam-war/

IHS:
Letters from intensive care recovery nurse serving in Vietnam to her parents in Frankfort, Indiana: Karren E. Mundell Vietnam War correspondence, 1966-1967. | Indiana Historical Society Library (worldcat.org)

Hoosiers for Peace protested the war and partnered with other organizations to expose the truth of the war: Hoosiers for Peace records, 1967-1976. | Indiana Historical Society Library (worldcat.org)

Johnson wrote articles after going to Vietnam for a few months and interviewing soldiers, copies of the columns in this collection: Collection # (indianahistory.org)

Oral history interviews for refugee groups, includes Vietnamese refugees: Fort Wayne Refugee Project report, 1999. | Indiana Historical Society Library (worldcat.org)

Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 digital photograph collections

Ball State:
Ball State has 87 interviews with veterans, some videos some transcripts: Search Results | Indiana Memory – Vietnam War

Indiana Memory:
Interviews with veterans: Search Results | Indiana Memory – “Vietnam War, 1961-1975” interview

How did you decide to become a Marine?

Did you bring anything home with you?

How did older veterans treat you once you were home?

Are there still lessons to be learned from the Vietnam War?

What do you wish more people understood about the Vietnam War?

Where did your love of photography begin?

How did your family feel about you going into the military?

What did you do with your time off?

How did you keep in touch with those back home?

In what ways does your time in Vietnam still resonate with you?

How did you end up in the Army?

How did your time in Vietnam begin?

Were you in Vietnam when President Kennedy was assassinated?

Where were you when you turned twenty-one?

Do your experiences in Vietnam have any effect on you today?

Why are you sharing your story with us today?

What was your first assignment in Vietnam?

What kind of friendships did you form while you were there?

What did your family back home know about what you were doing in Vietnam?

Do you have any memorable moments from your time there that have stayed with you?

How often did you receive a letter from your wife?

What was coming home like for you?

How did you discover that you had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

How else has PTSD affected your life?

Are there public encounters you’ve had as a veteran that stand out to you?

Why is it important to tell this story?

How important was it to keep in contact with your family at home?

Did your family know where you were day-to-day?

Were you in Vietnam when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated?

How has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affected you?

What prompted you to write a book on your time in Vietnam?

Did you come from a military family?

How did the draft affect your decision to join Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC)?

Did you ever have a sense of peace while you were in Vietnam?

Did you have experiences there that have stayed with you?

What was your first assignment in Vietnam?

What is the story behind your Medal of Honor?

What was it like when you returned to the states?

Who helped you begin to tell your story?

Have you been back to Vietnam since the war ended?

What was the Army like post-Vietnam War?

In what ways have you seen Vietnam veterans recognized since the war?

What inspired you to join the military?

Which Airborne Company were you with?

Who was Chaplin Hutchins?

Were you surprised to be drafted?

What was your first assignment in Vietnam?

Did you form any relationships with those around you?

What are some of your connections to the USO?

What do you think people should understand about Vietnam veterans?