They Marched into Sunlight
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 First edition cover | |
| Author | David Maraniss |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Vietnam, War, Historical Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | September 28, 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover and Trade Paperback |
| Pages | 572 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| OCLC | 57225083 |
They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 is a 2004 book written by David Maraniss. The book centers around the Battle of Ong Thanh and a protest at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004[1] and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize that same year.
Individuals mentioned
[edit | edit source]- Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr., commander of 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division, son of major general Terry de la Mesa Allen, killed in action in Vietnam on October 17, 1967
- Lt. Clark Welch
- Donald Holleder
- Vo Minh Triet
- Paul Soglin
- Jack Schroder
- Carl Woody Woodard
- Peter Coyote
- Dick Cheney
- Lynne Cheney
Television documentary
[edit | edit source]The 2005 documentary film Two Days in October is based on the book and aired as part of the PBS series American Experience,[2] winning a Peabody Award.[3] In the UK, it was broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam Was Lost as part of the channel's Storyville series.[4]
Editions
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; September 23, 2003, Simon & Schuster, 592 pages (Hardcover)
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).; September 28, 2004, Simon & Schuster, 572 pages (Trade Paperback)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 65th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2006.
- ^ How Vietnam was Lost 2005
External links
[edit | edit source]- The battle of Ong Thanh on YouTube
- Interview with David Maraniss at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Presentation by Maraniss on They Marched Into Sunlight at the Wisconsin Historical Society, April 8, 2002, C-SPAN
- Part one and Part two of interview with Maraniss on They Marched Into Sunlight, September 28 and November 16, 2003, C-SPAN