Coming To Terms With 'Nam
September, 1985
It's been a decade since America's commitment to Vietnam ended. Now that the hype surrounding the tenth anniversary of our withdrawal from Saigon is over, maybe we can talk rationally about the Vietnam war and the haunting memories it evoked this past spring.Vietnam is a subject many men still think about: More than 58,000 men (and eight women) are listed on the Vietnam Memorial, and questions about that war--the nature of it, its meaning, who went and who didn't, how it was fought, how it was c...