1960s 20th-century acceptance action america american american-history american-literature american-military american-soldier american-soldiers american-war anti-war anti-war-movement anti-war-sentiment autobiographical autobiography battle battle-experiences battle-fatigue battle-scenes battlefield battlefields battles bereavement betrayal biography bravery brotherhood brutality brutality-of-war camaraderie catharsis combat coming-of-age conflict confusion coping courage death disillusionment duty emotion emotional emotional-impact emotional-journey emotions experience eyewitness-account family fear first-hand-account firsthand-account frontline grief grief-and-loss grief-journey grief-memoir grief-process grief-support grieving grieving-process gritty guerilla-warfare guerrilla-warfare guilt hanoi harrowing healing heroism historical historical-non-fiction historical-nonfiction history honor hope hopelessness humanity illness infantry infantryman innocence introspection journalism leadership life life-after-loss literature loneliness loss loss-of-innocence love loyalty marine-corps marines marriage memoir memoir-genre memoir-literature memoir-writing memoirist memoirs memoirs-and-biographies memories memory mental-health military military-experience military-history military-life military-memoir military-service moral-ambiguity moral-dilemmas morality mortality mourning narrative non-fiction nonfiction patriotism personal-account personal-experience personal-growth personal-journey personal-narrative personal-narratives personal-reflection personal-tragedy perspective politics post-traumatic-stress-disorder post-war post-war-experiences postwar psychological psychological-effects psychological-effects-of-war psychological-impact psychological-trauma psychology ptsd pulitzer-prize redemption reflection reflections relationship relationships resilience sacrifice self-discovery self-reflection social-commentary soldier soldiers soldiers-experience soldiers-perspective sorrow south-vietnam southeast-asia storytelling struggle suffering survival tragedy trauma true-story truth united-states united-states-marine-corps us-marines veteran veterans vietnam vietnam-conflict vietnam-veteran vietnam-veterans vietnam-war vietnam-war-literature vietnam-war-memoir violence war war-atrocities war-correspondence war-correspondent war-correspondents war-crimes war-experience war-experiences war-journalism war-literature war-memoir war-stories war-trauma war-veterans war-zone warfare widowhood writing