His poetry and fiction have won many awards, including a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Friend of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education, and the Humanist Arts Award of the American Humanist Association, and have appeared in scores of publications, including Harper's Magazine, The Nation, New Republic, New York Times, Paris Review, Partisan Review, Poetry, Sewanee Review, and Yale Review.

Several explanations have been offered for Yale ’ s representation in national elections since the end of the Vietnam War.

From 1965 – 70, Hersey was Master of Pierson College, one of twelve residential colleges at Yale University, where his outspoken activism and early opposition to the Vietnam War made him controversial with alumni, but admired by students.

Among the allegations in the 60 Minutes report were that Bush, the son of an ambassador, Congressman and future President, had received preferential treatment in passing over hundreds of applicants to enlist in the Texas Air National Guard in order to avoid being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam after he had graduated from Yale in 1968.

To avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, Milch enrolled in Yale Law School, but was expelled for shooting out a police car siren with a shotgun.

The July 28, 1972 issue of LIFE magazine included a profile written by Thomas Moore of then Major Bunting examining his decision to leave West Point because of his desire to " disassociate from the active implementation of Army's policy in Vietnam ..." In the article Bunting also stated that he favored a " citizen draft and civilian control over the military " and that he didn't " want to see that son of a bitch who grows up in Greenwich, Conn., goes off to Yale and becomes a member of the Skull and Bones get out of doing some sort of national service.

* Cox, Paul ; " The Legacy of Agent Orange is a Continuing Focus of VVAW ", The Veteran, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Volume 38, No. 2, Fall 2008.

One of the Survivors In the first Left 4 dead game is a Vietnam Veteran who often compares living in a zombie apocalypse to Vietnam.

They confront the sensei, John Kreese ( Martin Kove ), an ex-Special Forces Vietnam Veteran who sneers at the concepts of mercy and restraint.

Fonda had in mind to make a film about the Vietnam War inspired by her friendship with Ron Kovic, a paraplegic Vietnam War Veteran, who she met in an antiwar rally.

* Darrell J. Spinler, Decorated Vietnam Veteran

* Thomas Archibald, Colonel, US Army, Vietnam Veteran.

In 1980, co-founders Bobby Muller and John Terzano created Vietnam Veteran of America Foundation with the goal of transforming the American experience of the Vietnam War into a mission of compassion and justice.

*" Ron Kovic Vietnam Veteran ", Heroism Project profile.

In 2001, The Veteran, another collection of short stories, was published, followed by Avenger, published in September 2003, about a Canadian billionaire who hires a Vietnam veteran to bring his grandson's killer to the US.

" Physiological Response to Combat Memories and Preliminary Treatment Outcome in Vietnam Veteran PTSD patients treated with Direct Therapeutic Exposure.

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Himself-VVAW Anti-War Activist, Vietnam Veteran ( as Bester Cram )

Himself-VVAW Anti-War Activist, Vietnam Veteran

Himself-Fellow Swift Boat Skipper, Vietnam Veteran

The desire had been to hold the service on the actual hallowed grounds but the Vietnam Veteran demonstrators were locked out of Arlington.

* Vietnam Veteran's of America-The Veteran December2000 / January 2001

* Oral history interview with Vietnam Veteran, Arthur Wiknik describing his experiences during the Battle for Hamburger Hill from the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University

* Eugene Gigli, ( Gene Gigli ): Vietnam Veteran and Civil Servant of Indianapolis, Indiana, 1993

Chief Warrant Officer Four Paul Brenner ( John Travolta ), a Vietnam Veteran of the 196th LIB, is in Georgia masquerading as First Sergeant Frank White at a local army base, to broker an illegal arms trade with a self-proclaimed freedom fighter.

Burkett is a Vietnam War Veteran who served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade as a company grade officer.

The next four chapters detail the author's argument that the image of the Vietnam Veteran was tarnished by a combination of media coverage, Veteran imposters, US citizens ' anger against the draft, and a perception of the veteran as a victim.