A multitude of literary and cinematic works were spawned by the
Vietnam war, but this is a unique book, combining moving prose with
powerful illustrations created by combat artists in the U.S.
military. Dr. Noble has assembled a remarkable collection of 153
reproductions printed in black and white, arranged with oral
histories, letters and other commentaries to give the reader a more
intimate understanding of the combat soldier who served in Vietnam
and what he had to endure. Forgotten Warriors is not intended to
argue the merits of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. Rather,
through the visual impact of the illustrations, the soldiers
themselves express what the Vietnam experience was like in a way
that is different and more profound than perhaps any other work on
the subject.
The main focus of the book is on the way artists saw the world
of the grunt: patrols, life in the rear, fighting the terrain and
weather, tests of endurance, the machines of war and the effects of
combat and its aftermath. The reader is also given a sense of how
some writers and artists felt about the country and the people of
South Vietnam. To date, our perceptions of the Vietnam war have
been influenced largely by movies, television and novels.
Recognizing this, Dr. Noble enlisted Professor William J. Palmer, a
noted authority on the media and their reportage fo the war, to
provide an essay that allows the reader to compare his or her past
impressions with the art works contained in this book. A moving
collection, "Forgotten WarriorS" offers the truest picture of the
Vietnam war in human terms.
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