They Marched into Sunlight
- They Marched into Sunlight
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name = They Marched into Sunlight
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image_caption = Second edition title page
author = David Maraniss
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country = United States of America
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 = 0743261046
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"They Marched into Sunlight" is written by Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author David Maraniss, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004 and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. .[ [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?E=1&X=0&searchtype=1&Q=They+Marched+into+Sunlight&words=0&case=1&FormsButton2=Search The Pulitzer Prizes 2004] ] It is also being made into a feature film by Universal Pictures, set for release in 2008, but the date of release is subject to change.][ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446050/ They Marched into Sunlight in IMDB] ] ]The book centers around the Battle of Ong Thanh and a protest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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 October 17, 1967
*Lt. Clark Welch
*Donald Holleder
*Vo Minh Triet
*Paul Soglin
Editions
*ISBN 0743217802; September 23, 2003, Simon & Schuster, 592 pages (Hardcover)
*ISBN 0743261046; September 28, 2004, Simon & Schuster, 572 pages (Trade Paperback)
Notes
External links
* [http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=351452 David Maraniss]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/index.html American Experience: Two Days in October (PBS)]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446050/ They Marched into Sunlight, the movie]
* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2004-03-24-davidMaraniss.jsp Interview] with David Maraniss at the Pritzker Military Library
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