They Marched into Sunlight
{{short description|2004 book by David Maraniss}}
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| language = English
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| genre = Vietnam, War, Historical Nonfiction
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| release_date = September 28, 2004
| media_type = Hardcover and Trade Paperback
| pages = 572
| isbn = 0-7432-6104-6
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They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 is a 2004 book written by David Maraniss. The book centers around the Battle of Ong Thanh and a protest at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2004|title=2004 Pulitzer Prizes|first=|last=|publisher=Pulitzer.org}} and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize that same year.
Individuals mentioned
- Terry de la Mesa Allen, Jr., commander of 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division, son of major general Terry de la Mesa Allen, killed in action in Vietnam on October 17, 1967
- Lt. Clark Welch
- Donald Holleder
- Vo Minh Triet
- Paul Soglin
- Jack Schroder
- Carl Woody Woodard
- Peter Coyote
- Dick Cheney
- Lynne Cheney
Television documentary
The 2005 documentary film Two Days in October is based on the book and aired as part of the PBS series American Experience,{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/two-days-in-october/ |title=American Experience | Two Days in October |publisher=PBS |date=October 17, 2005 |accessdate=March 3, 2018}} winning a Peabody Award.[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/american-experience-two-days-in-october 65th Annual Peabody Awards], May 2006. In the UK, it was broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam Was Lost as part of the channel's Storyville series.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/vietnam.shtml How Vietnam was Lost] 2005 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201020218/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/vietnam.shtml |date=2010-12-01 }}
Editions
- {{ISBN|0743217802}}; September 23, 2003, Simon & Schuster, 592 pages (Hardcover)
- {{ISBN|0743261046}}; September 28, 2004, Simon & Schuster, 572 pages (Trade Paperback)
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|id=sYhKbBrRHHo|title=The battle of Ong Thanh}}
- [http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/david-maraniss-they-marched-sunlight/ Interview] with David Maraniss at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- [https://www.c-span.org/video/?171548-1/marched-sunlight Presentation by Maraniss on They Marched Into Sunlight at the Wisconsin Historical Society, April 8, 2002], C-SPAN
- [https://www.c-span.org/video/?178416-1/marched-sunlight-part-1 Part one] and [https://www.c-span.org/video/?178964-1/marched-sunlight-part-2 Part two] of interview with Maraniss on They Marched Into Sunlight, September 28 and November 16, 2003, C-SPAN
Category:2004 non-fiction books