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...First Parish Church Meetinghouse elicited both laughter and tears as he discussed the lasting influence of a work written, as he said at the event, “to help readers feel something about what it was to be a foot soldier in a long-gone war in Vietnam...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 20 Years Later, O’Brien Reflects | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Fifteen Minutes: Having formerly worked as a journalist, why did you decide to describe your experiences in Vietnam through fiction...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 20 Years Later, O’Brien Reflects | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...were a graduate student at Harvard after you returned from overseas. What was it like being a Vietnam vet on a campus that was once so opposed to the Vietnam...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 20 Years Later, O’Brien Reflects | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...Brien: I was an anonymous veteran. I didn’t mention to anybody except my best friend here that I was even in Vietnam, much less that I was a soldier in Vietnam. It wasn’t out of any shame. I just didn’t want to have anyone look at me in any way beyond what I was, which was a student here. I didn’t want to explain myself to people–not out of any motive except it’s hard, and I didn’t want...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 20 Years Later, O’Brien Reflects | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

...only at the age of 21, when he tried to join the military during the Vietnam War, that officials informed him of his illegal status for the past seven years...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Living in the Shadows | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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