Arts of War
Charlie Daniels, 1936-2020
July 7, 2020
The famed country music singer and fiddler Charlie Daniels, an early supporter of Vietnam Veterans of America, died yesterday (July 6, 2020) after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke at age 83. Daniels, who was voted into…
Mark Glamack, 1947-2020
June 25, 2020
Mark Glamack, one of Hollywood's top animators, and a Vietnam War veteran, died May 29 at age 73. He was drafted into the Army and served as a medic in Vietnam, and died of complications of…
There’s a Lot Going on in Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’
June 12, 2020
Review by Marc Leepson It’s no coincidence that six songs from Marvin Gaye’s 1971 album, “What’s Going On,” including the anthem-like title tune, are part of the soundtrack of Spike Lee’s hard-hitting new Vietnam War-heavy…
Complimentary New Daniel Inouye Graphic Novel
June 4, 2020
Medal of Honor: Daniel Inouye, a new graphic novel created by a team of accomplished comic book veterans---the writer Chuck Dixon and the illustrators Christopher Ivy, Peter Pantazis, and Troy Peteri---has just been published by the…
Gooch’s ‘The Aviators’ Wins Award
May 27, 2020
VVA life member Rex Gooch received a 2020 Independent Publisher Book Award bronze medal for his book, The Aviators: Stories of U.S. Army Helicopter Combat in the Vietnam War, 1971-72 on May 26. The…
Memorial Day Writers Project Goes Virtual
May 25, 2020
The Memorial Day Writers Project, which has held readings by veterans in its tent on the Mall in Washington, D.C., since 1993, just announced that the show will go on this year, although not in…
Blackhorse Regiment Podcast Online
April 28, 2020
You can now listen to a new interview with Donald Snedeker, in which he discusses his new book, The Blackhorse in Vietnam: The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam and Cambodia, 1966-1972, on AUSA's Army Matters podcast.…
Glenna Goodacre, 1939-2020
April 15, 2020
Glenna Goodacre, the sculptor best known for creating the statue that is the centerpiece of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C., died April 13 of natural causes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was…
Filmmaker Query: Original Material Wanted for Documentary on Combat
March 28, 2020
Aleksandar Nikolic, a London-based documentary filmmaker, is working on a film about "what it means to be a soldier and how it plays out for the individual person." The proposed doc, from Chapter One Media, will…
Veteran Writers Wanted for D.C.-area Book Festival April 26
February 4, 2020
Dick Epstein, who for many years has coordinated the Memorial Day Writers' Project on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., would like to hear from Washington, D.C.-area veteran authors, poets, singer/songwriters, and musicians interested in…