Sixties Project: Fiction and Personal Narrative

This is an archive of fiction and personal narrative published in Viet Nam Generation Journal, the journal of record in the field of Sixties and Viet Nam war studies.

Adin, Marc B.

• "Jefferson Davis: A Silent Reprise," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.
• "Just Down the Hill," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Banko, Stephen T., III

• A Coward for One Minute, Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Fiction.
• "Welcome to the 'Nam," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Barker, Dan

• "The Rescue," Viet Nam Generation 3:4 (January 1992). Narrative.
• Warrior of the Heart (Viet Nam Generation) 1992. Narrative.

Bartel, Dennis

• "Soldiers in the Holy Land: A Memoir," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Boldrini, Nick

• "Attack!" Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Brush, Peter

• "The Khe Sanh Veterans' Reunion," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.
• "Tour Bus at the Khe Sanh Combat Base," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Campbell, Kenneth J.

• "The International War Crimes Conference, Oslo, June, 1971: Excerpts from the Diary of One of the Witnesses," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Chershouatseeb, Y.

• "Writing the Truth of the Matter: A Hmong-American Student Speaks," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Coleman, Horace

• "Perspectives on Malcolm X," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Connolly, David

• "Another Tale of There and Back Again," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.

Connolly, Sean

• "The Lie of Sergeant Bobby Tumulty," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.
• "Vietnam Nirvana: The Nine Steps," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Crandell, William

• "What Did America Learn from the Winter Soldier Investigation," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Duffy, Dan

• "Alice and Jimmy Mac," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Fiction.
• "Life of [Robert] Service," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Essay.
• "They Call Me Chilly," Viet Nam Generation 3:4 (January 1992). Fiction.

Ehrhart, W.D.

• "Why My Daughter Won't Grow Up in Perkasie," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Narrative.

Ensign, Tod

• "Organizing Veterans Through War Crimes Documentation," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Farrell, Alan

• "A People Not Strong: Vietnamese Images of the Indochina War," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Essay.
• "Cortez in Darien," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.
• "The Green Beret: Schreckfigur for a New Age," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• "Half of Three is Two," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Narrative.
• "The Major Won the Croix de Guerre," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.
• "Section formée, z'ef!", Alan Farrell, Viet Nam Generation 3:4 (January 1992). Narrative.

Flynn, Robert

• "John Wayne Must Die," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• "Still the Street Without Joy," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Fiction.

Gardner, Fred

• "Hollywood Confidential," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.

Gold, Jerry

• "A Dream of Two Wars," Viet Nam Generation 3:4 (January 1992). Essay.

Hall, Palmer

• "First Few Days in Viet Nam," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Narrative.

Henry, Ed

• "Forgive and Forget--Then Move On," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Jenson, Lu I.

• "A Counselor's Counselors, 1963," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Karlin, Wayne

• "The Last VC," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Fiction.

King, William M.

• "What Do We Want?" Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Essay.

Knorr, William

• "ROTC," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Kohler, J.D.

• "Operations," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Lanquist, Norman

• "Cruel Embroidery," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• (Not Much of A) War Story," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.

Lehmann, Robert

• "Drugs," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Lutz, Gretchen K.

• "And He Blessed Me Unaware: Veterans Eve 1989," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Essay.

Lynch, Jim

• "Solacium Payments," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

McGavran, Frederick J.

• "The Short Timer," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Mallory, Jack (aka John Mallory)

• "Report on the 25th Reunion of Vietnam Veterans Against the War," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Essay.
• Testimony in Winter Soldier Investigation (1971)

Martin, Timothy

• "Father to Son," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.
• "My Dark Vengeance," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Morrison, Jim

• "Rock Star," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Narrative.

Nguyen Huy Thiep

• "Vang Lua" (Fired Gold), Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Fiction.

Mead, Thomas, (pseud.)

• "Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Ohmart, Paul

• "The All-Vietnamese Chinese Mercenary Basketball Tournament," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.

Olson, D.L.

• "Esprit de Corps," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Ott, Gil

• "Tran Van Tra," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Essay.

Pham Thi Hoai

• "Chin Bo Lam Muoi (Nine Down Makes Ten)," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Fiction. Translated by Peter Zinoman.

Ridenhour, Ron

• "Jesus Was a Gook," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Rivers, Jordan, (pseud.)

• "Journey into the Sunset: Summer of Love," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Schichler, Robert Lawrence

• "Buffalo Bull," Viet Nam Generation 3:4 (January 1992). Fiction.

Schulz, Paul

• "Making Sacrifices," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Seiters, Dan

• "The Killer, Trained and Devastating," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Serra, H.L.

• "Ha Tien Stories," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Shields, Bill

• "Blood Rain," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Spencer, Ernest

• "My Last War," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.
• Welcome to Vietnam, Macho Man (Corps Press) 1987. Narrative.

Splitter, Randolph

• "Salad Days," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Fiction.

Stein, Jeff

• "Oh, What a Lovely War," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Essay.

Sullivan, Jim

• "Out of Step, But On Target," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Tanski, Richard

• "Leaving Limbo's," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Warner, Pate

• "Grief," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Wichers, Ronald J.

• "Myrmidons," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Narrative.

Willson, David A.

• "A Shot and a Wounds," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• "Another Vietnam War Story," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• "Burning Shit and Filling Sandbags," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• "Flight to Saigon," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• In the Army Now (Viet Nam Generation) 1995. Novel.
• "My First Weeks In Country," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.
• (compiled with Nancy Kendall), REMF Bibliography. Reference work.
• "Why I Went to Viet Nam," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Narrative.

Winogura, Kathy

• "My Lai Today," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Essay.

Yang, P.

• "I Have a Dream: Another Hmong-American Voice," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.

Yori, Tom

• "Valid Offers, Technical Truths," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Narrative.

Zesiger, A. Carey

• "A Bad Year for Angels," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Essay.