Arts of War

‘Full Medal Modine’ Photo Exhibit at the Museum of the Marine Corps

February 27, 2024

An exhibit of photographs taken by the actor Matthew Modine during the filming of Stanley Kubrick's classic 1987 Vietnam War film "Full Metal Jacket" opens March 2 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps…

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People’s Choice: Vote for the Cover You Like for an Upcoming Vietnam War Novel

February 10, 2024

Koehler Books, which will be publishing what promises to be a worthy Vietnam War novel, Mike McLaughlin’s The War You’ve Always Wanted, in the fall, is doing something unique—and pretty cool—in choosing the book’s front…

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Harry Bosch: Alive and Well(ish) in Michael Connelly’s new novel, ‘Resurrection Walk’

December 17, 2023

On the evening of December 5, Hachette Book Group sponsored a live session over the video platform, Crowdcast with best-selling crime fiction author Michael Connelly, in conversation with his editor, Asya Muchnick. The subject was…

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‘America Fantastica’: Tim O’Brien’s First Novel in 20 Years

November 21, 2023

Tim O’Brien’s sprawling, brash new novel has nothing whatsoever to do with the Vietnam War or Vietnam War veterans. In America Fantastica (Mariner Books, 464 pp., $32), O’Brien spins out a careening, Pynchon-esque tale set…

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Award-Winning Doc ‘Just Like Me’ on PBS on Veterans Day

November 10, 2023

VVA member Ron Osgood’s Emmy-winning documentary, Just Like Me: The Vietnam War/The American War, a film that weaves together the stories of Americans and Vietnamese who took part in the war, will be broadcast by many PBS…

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Author Query: In Search of Vietnam Veterans’ Post-War Stories

October 4, 2023

David Griffiths, a retired journalist who served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam, is working on a book, Welcome Home Home, Brother, in which he will examine Vietnam War veterans' experiences after coming…

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Latest AUSA Graphic Novel: The Story of VN War Medal of Honor Recipient Bruce P. Crandall

July 22, 2023

On February 26, 2007, President George W. Bush presented the Medal of Honor award to former Army Maj. Bruce P. Crandall, a pilot who flew for the 229th Assault Helicopter Company in the Vietnam War. …

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John McDonald, 1948 – 2023

July 5, 2023

John McDonald, a Canadian-born American Vietnam War veteran who wrote a series of popular novels about the war and its aftermath, died June 20 of bone cancer at age 74. After serving for two years…

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Frederick Forrest, 1936-2023

June 28, 2023

The actor Frederic Forrest, who died on June 23 at 86, had a long career on the stage and screen. Most of the many newspaper and online obituaries highlighted his Oscar-nominated role as the limo…

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Project RENEW D.C.-Area Events, June 14 & 15

June 12, 2023

RENEW is a nonprofit humanitarian organization co-founded by Vietnam War veteran Chuck Searcy, that for many years has worked to locate and destroy unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, as well as to supply prosthetics for Vietnamese…

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