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Seeking Quan Am

The POW-MIA Metaphor

Susan Dixon

My writing group, The Pen and the Sword, considers topics related to any war, but the Vietnam War in particular. Our theme at the

August 7, 2023

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WHY WRITE A MEMOIR

AJ Moore

I enlisted in the Army at the height of the Vietnam War—1967. I came from a southern family with a strong military background

July 10, 2023

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Vietnam War: Facts and Opinions

Tom Gery

Arnold Isaacs in his 2023 Salon piece described “perceptions and opinions on both sides of the argument” about the U.S. role in Vietnam offering

July 6, 2023

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WRITING ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR IS STILL RELEVANT – AND NECESSARY

AJ Moore

In the decades since the end of the Vietnam War, while other wars have followed and the world has changed, discussion of the Vietnam

June 27, 2023

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… After All These Years

Susan Dixon

You’d think, after giving it more than 50 years, that we, the Vietnam War Generation, would have managed to make some sense of it.

June 26, 2023

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The Audiobook

Susan Dixon

Years ago I used a device to help me teach about good writing, although the device in question might be insulted by the term.

February 17, 2022

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The Old Veterans

Susan Dixon

I wanted to get us to Friendship Village, the rehabilitation center on the outskirts of Hanoi, founded by an American veteran and once again

February 17, 2022

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Rare Encounter

Susan Dixon

It is March 1969 in a place west of Saigon that the men called the Tobacco Field. They also called it Ambush Valley. Civilians

February 16, 2022

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The Panera Stranger

Susan Dixon

This was an introduction to Seeking Quan Am that I kept for a long time before going in a different direction. Mark Smith and I

February 12, 2022

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The War Against the Land

Susan Dixon

Many of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam saw it: the extraordinary beauty of the land they had come to destroy. They took note

June 22, 2019

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