Arts of War
Five Best Vietnam War Books?
June 19, 2017
Here's an admittedly subjective list, posted on the Military History Now website, put together by Mark Massé, a Ball State University literary journalism professor. It's based on his book, Vietnam Warrior Voices, which we will be…
VN War Helicopter ‘Sculptural Art’ Opening June 17
June 1, 2017
The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center in West Chester, Pa., will open what it's calling a "one of a kind sculptural art installation" on June 17: a one-time Army helicopter that was shot down…
John Bronzo Reading June 1 to help VVA
May 31, 2017
John Bronzo, the author of the Vietnam War-themed CIA thriller, Mary Bernadette: Secrets of a Dallas Moon, which we reviewed favorably last year on our Books in Review II page, will be participating in the…
Memorial Day Writers Project – May 29 on The Mall in D.C.
May 16, 2017
The Memorial Day Writers Project will hold its 24th biannual open mic event for veterans and friends of veterans on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, starting at 11:30 a.m. The…
Ann Morrissy Merick, 1933-2017
May 10, 2017
Merick was ABC's first female television field producer in the Vietnam War, and one of only a handful of female network producers who covered the war. In 1967, she and several other female reporters won…
‘Music and Veterans’ Panel at the Library of Congress May 5
April 27, 2017
Music and Veterans: The Vietnam Era & Disco is the title of a panel discussion that will be held from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, at the Library of Congress. Karen…
‘No Guts No Glory’ Art Exhibit in London
April 12, 2017
British artist Ben Turnbull's mixed media (collages, sculptures, installations, digital prints) solo exhibition, "No Guts No Glory," went on view in London's up-scale Saatchi Gallery April 11. Running till May 8, the works artistically and metaphorically…
Author Query: Paranormal Experiences Wanted
April 5, 2017
Author Janet Fitzgerald is doing research for a book on war veterans’ experiences with the paranormal. “My interest is in battlefield, or wartime paranormal experiences, ” she says, and is looking for veterans who’d like…
Author Query: Incarcerated Veterans Oral History Project
April 3, 2017
Jason Higgins, a Ph.D. student in American History at University of Massachusetts Amherst, is researching the history of incarcerated veterans since the Vietnam War. "I have been conducting oral history projects with veterans for the…
‘Miss Saigon’ Back on Broadway
March 29, 2017
The bombastic hit musical Miss Saigon--a Vietnam War story centering on a GI and a bar girl loosely based on Puccini's Madame Butterfly--reopened on Broadway last week for the first time since 2001. The Cameron…