Vietnam Vets Oral History

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 17, 2013

Philip F. Napoli, assitant professor of history at Brooklyn College and the author of Bringing It All Back Home: An Oral History of New York City's Vietnam Veterans (Hill and Wang, 2013), goes beyond the image of the damaged Vietnam veteran, gathering stories from veterans, many of whom went onto careers in public service.

→ EVENT: Book Launch and Author Talk with Philip F. Napioli, Saturday June 22, from 2pm tp 4pm at the Brooklyn Historical Society's Othmer Library.

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