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