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No anthology of the Viet Nam War has ever been written with such emphasis on telling the poignant and revealing personal stories of average soldiers. War makes for strange, sometimes even humorous tales, and while some are quite spiritual in their effect, they still contain realistic and historic accuracy. Lt. Col. Robert W. Michel, U.S. Army Retired, compiled this cast of enlisted men and officers whose experiences span a range from a puppy dog to a former POW and those of a State Senator from Massachusetts. He spent countless hours pouring over these and dozens of other stories until he found what he believed to be an accurate representation of what many soldiers experienced during the Viet Nam War.
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Kenneth Porath
reviewed Before the Memories Fade: An Anthology of Humorous, Bizarre and Poignant Stories from the Vietnam Era on January 28, 2016
Before the Memories Fade: An Anthology of Humorous, Bizarre and Poignant Stories from the Vietnam Era
2 types of war books impress me: 1) Reveal and deconstruct "war culture", that which facilitates society to commit the greatest evil, 2) Imprint the depravity of war onto your soul so it can never be forgotten. This book falls into the latter category, such vivid illustrations of how war wrenches the very worst out of everyone involved. There is no mythical heroism, no trace of decency, for every action is in the context of either annihilating another human being or surviving such evil like a tortured creature. Every participant has lost a piece of their autonomy to be a human being. This systemic theft is the greatest evil.
I read this book several years ago, it deserves to be revisited, but I cannot say that I will.
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