by admin | Jul 24, 2022 | Culture, Mental Fitness, Mental Health, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, US Marine Corps, Vietnam
Former Marine 1stLt Karl Marlantes, a decorated infantry officer in Vietnam and now a best-selling author (Matterhorn, What It Is Like to Go to War) joined ALL MARINE RADIO us to discuss how he made sense of the war he fought in after he came home.
Originally published on October 12, 2016. Karl is a deep thinker… and the interview is wonderful in its candor. Mac
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by admin | Jul 23, 2022 | Book Discussions, Combat, Leadership, Vietnam
This interview was originally published on ALL MARINE RADIO in August of 2016 — due to technical errors it has not been available to listeners… enjoy. Mac
Karl Marlantes needs no introduction to most Marines… but in case you don’t know him, here is a brief rundown of who he is from Wikipedia: Karl Arthur Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. He has written three books: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2010), What it is Like to go to War (2011), and Deep River (2019). (more…)
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jan 22, 2018 | Vietnam
Karl Marlantes
1stLt USMC, Receiving the Navy Cross
And… today…. sage writer
Karl Marlantes chronicled the issue of “race” in his Vietnam War novel Matterhorn, he joins us to talk about how race was a part of daily life in Vietnam and how the issue changed from when you were “in the rear” and when you were “in the bush.”
Karl also discusses the varied reactions he’s received on the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary “The Vietnam War” which aired on PBS this past Fall.
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