"While a plethora of books exists about and by the civilian media who covered the Vietnam War, Vietnam Bao Chi is the first book that reveals the plodding through the Vietnam jungle mud carried out by American soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose job it also was to record the conflict. Along with their weapons and 50-pound backpacks, they recorded the battles with still or TV cameras, pens and pads of paper. Theirs was a different mission than that of their civilian counterparts. They were tasked with showing the bravery and the good that was accomplished by U.S. troops in a long, hard-fought war. 'l operated on several late evening flights where the aircraft mission was to provide very specific coverage of a ground operation that was in trouble. We called it '[being] in the shit,' said Eddie Carroll, U.S. Air Force combat cameraman. 'The internal conflict between taking pictures and cranking rounds downrange was always a potential problem, and I had to remain aware that if I didn't get back to Saigon with good photos, I'd probably be restricted to darkroom and printing assignments in the future,' remembered U.S. Navy combat photographer Dennis McCloskey. 'I always understood that I was participating in something historical, something larger than any life I'd led up to that time. I was learning from first-hand experience that in combat you can see the entire range of human emotion and behavior from the very best to the very worst. That fascinated me and I never lost interest in it,' said writer/actor/film maker Marine Captain (ret.) Dale Dye, who was wounded in Hue during the Tet Offensive. This never-before-told story of what the combat correspondents and photographers encountered in Vietnam will fascinate readers, Vietnam veterans, historians, journalists and journalism students alike."--Dust jacket. "While a plethora of books exists about and by the civilian media who covered the Vietnam War, Vietnam Bao Chi is the first book that reveals the plodding through the Vietnam jungle mud carried out by American soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose job it also was to record the conflict. Along with their weapons and 50-pound backpacks, they recorded the battles with still or TV cameras, pens and pads of paper. Theirs was a different mission than that of their civilian counterparts. They were tasked with showing the bravery and the good that was accomplished by U.S. troops in a long, hard-fought war. 'l operated on several late evening flights where the aircraft mission was to provide very specific coverage of a ground operation that was in trouble. We called it '[being] in the shit,' said Eddie Carroll, U.S. Air Force combat cameraman. 'The internal conflict between taking pictures and cranking rounds downrange was always a potential problem, and I had to remain aware that if I didn't get back to Saigon with good photos, I'd probably be restricted to darkroom and printing assignments in the future,' remembered U.S. Navy combat photographer Dennis McCloskey. 'I always understood that I was participating in something historical, something larger than any life I'd led up to that time. I was learning from first-hand experience that in combat you can see the entire range of human emotion and behavior from the very best to the very worst. That fascinated me and I never lost interest in it,' said writer/actor/film maker Marine Captain (ret.) Dale Dye, who was wounded in Hue during the Tet Offensive. This never-before-told story of what the combat correspondents and photographers encountered in Vietnam will fascinate readers, Vietnam veterans, historians, journalists and journalism students alike."--Dust jacket.

Taking on Hollywood: Dale Dye -- Soldier first, photog' second: John Del Vecchio -- They were marines like him: Steve Stibbens -- Rockin' and rollin' with the Montagnards: Jim Morris -- Getting his knees in the breeze: Chip Maury -- Seeing the action through the viewfinder: Ken Hackman -- He shot more photos than bullets: Marvin Wolf -- He had survived: Frank Lee -- Connected with Vietnamese refugees from home: John Taylor -- Learned how to deal with the danger: Bob Bayer -- Covering Operation Homecoming: Tom Lincoln -- So that others may live: Rick Fuller -- Memorializing the troops: Roger Hawkins -- Illinois farm boy thrust into a different world: Mike Boggs -- From the Peace Corps to the Coast Guard, San Francisco to Vietnam: Donn Fry -- Requested Vietnam duty on Friday, the 13th: Chris Jensen -- 221st, unique by any definition of the word: Frank Lepore -- The country needed to know: Chuck Abbott -- MoPic photog' wearing the blue: Joe Montgomery -- From hot rod comics and Hemingway... to Vietnam: Dennis -- "Bao Chi Mac" McCloskey -- Played an invaluable part in training new Army photographers: Stanton Pratt -- A rifle and a hard time: Bill Christofferson -- Chronicler of the Coast Guard experience in Vietnam: Paul Scotti -- On a special purpose mission: Sonny Craven -- Photography became his world: Robert Frank -- Gunner with a camera: Ron Gorman -- Never ambushed: Larry Letzer -- A magic slice of life: David Sommers -- No photography on night patrols ... just ambushes: Terry Lang -- Robert Capa was his hero: Dick Durrance -- Followed directions and kept his mouth shut: Bob Douville -- Vietnam seemed just fine: Mike Stokey II -- There but for the grace of God go I: Eddie Carroll -- The war as reported and photographed by the civilian press -- A one-way ticket, $100 and Leica: Catherine Leroy -- Everything is okay now: Nick Ut -- A moment of truth: Eddie Adams -- Bringing the war home: requiem.