Vietnam Journal: Vol. 5 - TET '68

Vietnam Journal: Vol. 5 - TET '68 PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN: 1629785288
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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The acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. In VOLUME FIVE, the story of the Tet Offensive is chronicled by ‘Journal’. It is the biggest push the Viet Cong launched during the Vietnam War and one that almost brought them immediate victory. The American command realizes that the latest assault by the VS is a massive one as multiple targets are all hit at once. This escalates the war to an entirely new level. And with the Tet Offensive in full force, ‘Journal’ finds the civilian population are more than just tools in the war. As he, along with most of the other press covering the war, realize that although America are winning the battles, they were losing the war. And it is obvious that the Viet Cong would do anything to succeed….anything. And with U.S. troops making their push to Khe Sanh, ‘Journal’ gets a taste of the politics that have taken over the American involvement in the war as it cements the insanity of the entire Vietnam conflict. And lastly with news of the My Lai Massacre overwhelming the media and press, ‘Journal’ begins to understand that the tactics of the Viet Cong cannot be used by the Americans. And this puts the war on unequal footing and the only victory possible is a moral one. Collects entire Vietnam Journal Tet '68 series (issues 1-6). Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club. "Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published." - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. Its probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein. A Caliber Comics release.

Vietnam Journal: Vol. 5 - TET '68

Vietnam Journal: Vol. 5 - TET '68 PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN: 1629785288
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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Book Description
The acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. In VOLUME FIVE, the story of the Tet Offensive is chronicled by ‘Journal’. It is the biggest push the Viet Cong launched during the Vietnam War and one that almost brought them immediate victory. The American command realizes that the latest assault by the VS is a massive one as multiple targets are all hit at once. This escalates the war to an entirely new level. And with the Tet Offensive in full force, ‘Journal’ finds the civilian population are more than just tools in the war. As he, along with most of the other press covering the war, realize that although America are winning the battles, they were losing the war. And it is obvious that the Viet Cong would do anything to succeed….anything. And with U.S. troops making their push to Khe Sanh, ‘Journal’ gets a taste of the politics that have taken over the American involvement in the war as it cements the insanity of the entire Vietnam conflict. And lastly with news of the My Lai Massacre overwhelming the media and press, ‘Journal’ begins to understand that the tactics of the Viet Cong cannot be used by the Americans. And this puts the war on unequal footing and the only victory possible is a moral one. Collects entire Vietnam Journal Tet '68 series (issues 1-6). Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club. "Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published." - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. "Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. Its probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war." - Daniel Robert Epstein. A Caliber Comics release.

Vietnam Journal: Series Two #5

Vietnam Journal: Series Two #5 PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN: 1635291968
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "Cambodian Clusterf**k" - May 1970...The Paris Peace Talks are floundering, President Nixon’s Vietnamization Doctrine is way behind schedule, and morale of the troops is at its lowest since the beginning of the war. The North Vietnamese Army is flooding into Laos and Cambodia in huge numbers, frustrating the MACV and leaving a bad taste in the mouths of the brass who are tired of the static situation. They want to take the fight to the enemy in their cross-border sanctuaries of neighboring Cambodia, little realizing that their time has finally come. The Cambodian “incursion”! Praise for Vietnam Journal: “Even today, Vietnam Journal is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published.” enthuses Brian Cronin over at Comic Book Resources.

Five Years to Freedom

Five Years to Freedom PDF Author: James N. Rowe
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0307781690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Book Description
When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive. In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the loneliness and frustration of watching his friends die. And he struggled every day to maintain faith in himself as a soldier and in his country as it appeared to be turning against him. His survival is testimony to the disciplined human spirit. His story is gripping.

Indochina and Vietnam

Indochina and Vietnam PDF Author: Robert Miller
Publisher: Enigma Books
ISBN: 1936274663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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The Indochina and Vietnam Wars followed one another over thirty-five years, from 1940 to 1975, yet these two closely related conflicts are usually treated separately. This book seeks to tell the story of those wars as a single historical event. Within days of France's defeat by Nazi Germany and Japan's military expansion into Southeast Asia in July 1940, the United States became involved in Indochina. Most histories quickly mention the colonial past, usually limited to the battle of Dien Bien Phu, to concentrate exclusively on the American war. A selection of published sources explains the context and the development of the long war while providing an overview of France's imprint on Indochina and Vietnam. The question "Why were we in Vietnam?" comes up regularly regarding the root causes for the ultimate deployment of over five hundred thousand US troops, most of them conscripts, into a virtually unknown land. When France left Indochina in 1954 it became an American problem. Weeks before the murder of John F. Kennedy came the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem and the escalation of the war in 1965–68. Finally, Richard Nixon, after extending the war into Cambodia, enacted both the Vietnamization process and negotiations in Paris between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, until the final act in April 1975, when the US embassy rooftop with the last helicopter taking off was flashed around the world as the grand finale to the war.

Gulf War Journal #5

Gulf War Journal #5 PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN: 163529181X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Book Description
HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed VIETNAM JOURNAL books. THIS ISSUE: "Warthog". Scott "Journal" Neithammer's Sinhalese photographer shocks even war weary Neithammer with the story of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait with firsthand, eye-witness testimony of the brutality of the Iraqi army of butchers. Resistance groups fought back only to bring more horror to the raped and pillaged Kuwaitis’! Still the resistance fought back , outnumbered 10 to 1. "First rate...alternates documentary-style reporting with documentary-style fiction. One of the five best war comics." - Don Thompson, The Comics Buyer's Guide.

Ru

Ru PDF Author: Kim Thúy
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0307359727
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thúy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning Ru is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Ru. In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream. As an adult, the waters become rough again: now a mother of two sons, she must learn to shape her love around the younger boy's autism. Moving seamlessly from past to present, from history to memory and back again, Ru is a book that celebrates life in all its wonder: its moments of beauty and sensuality, brutality and sorrow, comfort and comedy.

Vietnam Journal: Series Two #13

Vietnam Journal: Series Two #13 PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott 'Journal' Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. THIS ISSUE: "Hill 1000" - When 'Journal' arrives at Fire Support Base Ripcord the outpost is under enemy fire. Meanwhile hatchet men from President Nixon's clandestine operations covert force plot to ruin Scott's career and mark him as an enemy of the people. A Caliber Comics release.

Survive!

Survive! PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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By Don Lomax, Harvey-nominated creator of the acclaimed Vietnam Journal comic book series. Survive! is a grim look at life after the events of a Third World War. Nuclear fallout has hit the U.S.A., and the Miller family were prepared...they have an underground bunker, and plenty of food and supplies. But they must protect themselves against the less fortunate, who are proving to be more and more desperate as starvation and radiation effects take hold, becoming literal zombies before their very eyes. "Don Lomax's writing is excellent and extremely detailed, and I imagine this is one of the better takes on the reality of a post-apocalyptic society." - comicclassics.org A Caliber Comic release.

Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary

Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary PDF Author: K G. MCLAUGHLIN
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
ISBN: 9781483484600
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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The year author K.G. McLaughlin graduated from high school, 1967, was known as ÒThe Summer of LoveÓ by an ever-increasing hippie movement that had been sweeping the country since shortly after the John Kennedy assassination in 1963. It was the best summer of his life. But that ended abruptly, he joined the Marines and was guaranteed a trip to Vietnam. In Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary, he chronicles his personal odyssey from a safe and content life in Cape Cod to a Marine Corps boot camp culture shock that unknowingly, at the time, was a gentle prelude to the hellish world of being a frontline combat soldier in Vietnam. Raw and uncomproming, McLaughlin presents a real-time, journal-based narrative describing combat while spending months in the hot, waterlogged, bug-infested jungle with one close call after another dodging bullets, bombs, and mines. Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary offers a multifaceted narrative of life, death, and the unspeakable horrors of serving in the Vietnam War.

Vietnam Journal: Series Two #6

Vietnam Journal: Series Two #6 PDF Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
ISBN: 1635292387
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
'Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series returns with all new stories. THIS ISSUE: "SISTER EMILY" - 'Journal', wounded by a stray bullet, is taken in by Sister Emile and the orphanage Nuns for treatment. 'Journal' and Lindsey form an instant attachment for the Nuns and the orphanage of ethnic Vietnamese children, caught in the middle of the warring factions, and tagged for annihilation by the brutal butcher of Cambodia, and new President, Lon Nol. Desperation and panic envelop the group of refugees in a wild race for the border and sanctuary in the home of their ancestors, South Vietnam. But they are not alone. There is someone watching over them. And with help from above, the innocent children have a chance to survive the desperate situation.