VETERAN’S BOOK SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF VIETNAM MEMOIRS

MEDIA DIGEST

n the late 1990s, prompted by the popularity of the film and the push to build the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, the realization that America’s World War II generation was rapidly disappearing entered the nation’s collective consciousness. In virtual panic mode, multiple efforts erupted via websites and other media to capture the wartime stories and accounts of surviving veterans before it was