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Here is an oral history of the Vietnam War by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it. A 1983 American Book Award nominee.

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Here is an oral history of the Vietnam War by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it. A 1983 American Book Award nominee.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 12, 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345322797
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345322791
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #538,937 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A powerful book, in spite of errors, July 31, 2002
By Lee Russell (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews
There are actually two false war stories in this book, those of Thomas Bird ("Ia Drang") and Mike Beamon ("The Green-Faced Frogmen"). Mr. Bird apologized to the author after the book's publication. He did serve in Vietnam, not in combat, and the POW story is a complete fabrication. Mr. Beamon did not even serve in the US military, never mind the SEALS or Vietnam. At the time the book came out, 1981, it was difficult to get veterans to discuss the war at all, never mind insist they verify their stories. Mr. Santoli, who I knew personally, was as disappointed as any of his critics that he had been taken in by these accounts. Still "Everything We Had"is a monumental work, from the days before the Vietnam Wall. Then the popular culture wanted nothing more to dismiss the war completely and held the men who fought there in contempt as losers or criminals. The feelings of Santoli's real contributors are still a compelling read today, twenty years later.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Unique Summation of Vietnam, April 14, 2004
By Chad R. Reihm (Miami Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This book takes a very unique approach to narrating the history of the Vietnam war. It allows individuals to tell their stories of their experience, but does so in chronilogical order. So what you get first is a story about welcoming Americans to the war i.e. getting off the plane to see a corpse fall out of the bag...welcome to nam and what you get last is a get out of Saigon before it falls story. The stories are varied, covering special ops and grunt units to hospital and airforce views. Some stories are very short while some linger on, but all of them have heart and truly show a side not usually seen with the battle histories.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and believe anyone with any interest in America's involvement in Vietnam would also. It is very cheap and is a quick read and will improve your knowledge of history...all three great qualities!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Just Combat, April 6, 2002
I picked this book up for the wrong reason, I thought I was going to be reading account after account of fire-fights. What I got was more human experiences that in the end I probably enjoyed more then just review of battles. Don't get me wrong, there is combat, but there is so much more to the real experiences in the every day life. You really get a feel for what the foot soldier went through. The book does read ok, you notice the different writing styles of the different authors, but the content is really the focus of the book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing's Good, Everything's Bad
Robert Rawls, who served with the 1st Cav in 1969-1970, describes his training thusly: "Thinking back on the training, all they told us to do was kill. 'Kill! Kill! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Gregory Moss

4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Oral History
This is a very readable oral history of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War by those that were there. Read more
Published on August 5, 2007 by K.A.Goldberg

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reading for Vietnam war history
Santoli presents one of the best views of the Vietnam war in his simple approach that says far more than many of the other accounts. Read more
Published on December 16, 2006 by Lehigh History Student

1.0 out of 5 stars Militar Policeman in Vietnam
I found this book to be well written and all the individual stories very interesting and factual. War is Hell!
Published on July 16, 2006 by Jackie R. Kays

4.0 out of 5 stars required reading...
This is required reading this month, and this book really opened up my eyes. What Al Santoli was trying to show in his book was that even though many soldiers went through... Read more
Published on November 14, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars powerful accounts rings true
EVERYTHING WE HAD is a powerful account by soldiers of the Vietnam war, compiled by a combat veteran, whose experiences and insight ring true for soldiers who have seen hostile... Read more
Published on December 20, 2000 by Philip Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars powerful accounts rings true
EVERYTHING WE HAD is a powerful account by soldiers of the Vietnam war, compiled by a combat veteran, whose experiences and insight ring true for soldiers who have seen hostile... Read more
Published on December 20, 2000 by Philip Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam as American soldiers saw it
EVERYTHING WE HAD is a heart wrenching account of the experience and remembrances of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. Read more
Published on November 3, 2000 by P. B. Lam

1.0 out of 5 stars An Oral History by some guys who weren't there...what BS.
Al Santoli is a serious writer and a Vietnam Veteran who was led astray by failing to check the stories of the people that "volunteered" to be quoted in "Everything... Read more
Published on July 13, 2000 by W. Bailey

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