Vietnam Journal #3

Vietnam Journal #3
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-07-15
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1632945754

The classic and critically acclaimed 'Vietnam Journal' comic book series from war veteran Don Lomax. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed "Journal". As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus and obsession to report the controversial war from the "grunt’s" point of view and to hell with the consequences. THIS ISSUE: Veteran war correspondent Scott 'Journal' Neithammer comes across another journalist in the field who is willing to sacrifice others for the sake of a good story in this episode called "Scorched Earth." Publishers Weekly said of the series, "It is Lomax's concern for the average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." A Caliber Comics release.

Vietnam Journal - Book 3

Vietnam Journal - Book 3
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2020-05-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781545303290

Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed "Journal". As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus to report the controversial war from the "grunt's" point of view and to hell with the consequences. Book 3 collects issues 9-12.

Vietnam Journal 1

Vietnam Journal 1
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2017-04-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781545270318

Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed "Journal". As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus to report the controversial war from the "grunt's" point of view and to hell with the consequences. Book 1 collects issues 1-4.

Vietnam Journal: Vol. 3 - From the Delta to Dak To

Vietnam Journal: Vol. 3 - From the Delta to Dak To
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1629785245

The acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Creator Don Lomax based Vietnam Journal on his experiences on his tour of duty in Vietnam in the mid 1960's. In VOLUME THREE, Scott ‘Journal’ Neithammer returns to Vietnam, having recovered from his war injuries, but his expectations of being assigned to a safe area dissipate as he is dropped into the middle of a firefight in the Mekong Delta. Neithammer joins up with a new group deployed in the Vietnam War by the US Navy...the Seals. They’re not exactly happy with the older 'Journal' tagging along but orders are orders. The problem is 'Journal' can’t really figure out what the Seals’ orders exactly are. As preparations get underway for the Dak To engagement, 'Journal' ventures out into the jungle but ends up escorting a pregnant villager to safety only to discover she’s really with the enemy. And afterwards, as a battle rages towards occupying a hill that has no significant value, 'Journal' finds he has to deal with both choking gas and Vietcong snipers. These stories plus a short story titled “Dustoff” are included in Book Three. Collects comic book issues #9-12. Entertainment Weekly labels Vietnam Journal as "a graphic novel you should own" and is recommended by the Military History Book Club, while Max Brooks (World War Z) names Vietnam Journal as one of his best war comic series. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "This is, without a doubt, the most graphic, realistic and emotionally powerful portrayal of the Vietnam War that's ever been seen in comic form." - Jason E. Aaron, Wizard’s 2008 Best Writer. "Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published." - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. A Caliber Comics release.

The American War in Contemporary Vietnam

The American War in Contemporary Vietnam
Author: Christina Schwenkel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2009-07-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0253003318

Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the "American War" is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today -- in official and unofficial histories and in everyday life. Schwenkel analyzes visual representations found in monuments and martyrs' cemeteries, museums, photography and art exhibits, battlefield tours, and related sites of "trauma tourism." In these transnational spaces, American and Vietnamese memories of the war intersect in ways profoundly shaped by global economic liberalization and the return of American citizens as tourists, pilgrims, and philanthropists.

Vietnam Journal: Series Two - Volume 3: Ripcord

Vietnam Journal: Series Two - Volume 3: Ripcord
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2020-06-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Vietnam Journal, the award-winning series, returns! July 1970. Scott (Journal) Neithammer has been reporting first-hand on President Nixon's military incursion into Cambodia to root out the North Vietnamese Army's, until then, untouchable sanctuaries. However, this all comes to an abrupt end when he is kidnapped by over-zealous Military Police and returned to South Vietnam to face the Provost Marshall's wrath. The incident sparks Neithammer's unexpected journey back into the dreaded A Shau Valley where the 101st Airborne Division, once again, attempts to bloody the noses of the NVA. This brings us to the siege of Fire Support Base RIPCORD. This is a story of over-confidence, arrogance, and revenge on the part of Military Assistance Command Vietnam in Saigon, coupled with an under-strength U.S. force sent to face an enemy who outnumbers them ten to one. RIPCORD was the final large unit battle in the waning days of the Vietnam War for the United States. The troops were expected to face a massive enemy presence, have minimal or no casualties, and receive limited ordinance and support, while vanquishing a highly motivated and well supplied enemy. In the jargon of the boonie rats of the day - "f**king typical". RIPCORD...a little known battle with an all too predictable outcome. Collects Vietnam Journal: Series 2 issues 11-15. A Caliber Comics release.

Vietnam Diary

Vietnam Diary
Author: Richard Tregaskis
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2015-11-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786251698

“The first definitive eyewitness account of the combat in Vietnam, this unforgettable, vividly illustrated report records the story of the 14,000 Americans fighting in a new kind of war. Written by one of the most knowledgeable and experienced of America’s war correspondents, Vietnam Diary shows how we developed new techniques for resisting wily guerrilla forces. Roaming the whole of war-torn Vietnam, Tregaskis takes his readers on the tense U.S. missions—with the Marine helicopters and the Army HU1B’s (Hueys); with the ground pounders on the embattled Delta area, the fiercest battlefield of Vietnam; then to the Special Forces, men chosen for the job of training Montagnard troops to resist Communists in the high jungles. Mr. Tregaskis tells the stirring human story of American fighting men deeply committed to their jobs—the Captain who says: “You have to feel that it’s a personal problem—that if they go under, we go under;” the wounded American advisor who deserted the hospital to rejoin his unit; the father of five killed on his first mission the day before Christmas; the advisor who wouldn’t take leave because he loved his wife and feared he would go astray in Saigon. And the dramatic battle reports cover the massive efforts of the Vietnamese troops to whom the Americans are leaders and advisors. An authority on the wars against communism is Asia, Tregaskis has reported extensively on the Chinese Civil War, Korea, the Guerrilla wars in Indochina, Malaya, and Indonesia. He was the winner of the George Polk Award in 1964 for reporting under hazardous conditions.-Print ed.

Vietnam Journal - Series 2

Vietnam Journal - Series 2
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2020-04-13
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781635298628

Vietnam Journal Returns! Scott 'Journal' Neithammer had been reporting on the U.S. incursion into Cambodia to root out the North Vietnamese. However, he is returned to South Vietnam to face the Provost Marshall. This sparks his journey back to the A Shau Valley and the siege of Fire Support Base RIPCORD. Collects VJ: Series 2 issues 11-15.

Until the Last Man Comes Home

Until the Last Man Comes Home
Author: Michael Joe Allen
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807832618

Reveals how wartime loss in the Vietnam War transformed U.S. politics, arguing that the effort to recover lost warriors was as much a means to establish responsibility for their loss as it was a search for answers about their fate.

Vietnam Journal: Tet '68 #3

Vietnam Journal: Tet '68 #3
Author: Don Lomax
Publisher: Caliber Comics
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-06-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1635292069

From Harvey nominated writer and artist Don Lomax and taken from the pages of his acclaimed Vietnam Journal series, comes the story of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line. THIS ISSUE: "One Trick Pony" With the Tet Offensive in full force, 'Journal' finds the civilian population are more than just tools in the in-country war, most of them are pawns in a game they don’t understand.