They Marched into Sunlight
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.
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| Author | David Maraniss | 
|---|---|
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
| Genre | Vietnam, War, Historical Nonfiction | 
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster | 
Publication date  | September 28, 2004 | 
| Media type | Hardcover and Trade Paperback | 
| Pages | 572 | 
| ISBN | 0-7432-6104-6 | 
| OCLC | 57225083 | 
It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004,[1] 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 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, was based on this book, and produced as part of the PBS series American Experience during season 18.[2] It won a Peabody Award.[3] In the UK, it was also broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam was Lost, as part of the channel's Storyville series.[4]
Film adaptation
    
At one point, both Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman had the rights for making a feature film version of Maraniss's book. Their production company Playtone was very interested in having Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum) direct the film.
Editions
    
- ISBN 0743217802; September 23, 2003, Simon & Schuster, 592 pages (Hardcover)
 - ISBN 0743261046; September 28, 2004, Simon & Schuster, 572 pages (Trade Paperback)
 
References
    
- "2004 Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer.org.
 - "American Experience | Two Days in October". PBS. October 17, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
 - 65th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2006.
 - How Vietnam was Lost 2005 Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
 
External links
    
- The battle of Ong Thanh on YouTube
 - Interview with David Maraniss at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
 - Presentation by Maraniss on They Marched Into Sunlight at the Wisconsin Historical Society, April 8, 2002, C-SPAN
 - Part one and Part two of interview with Maraniss on They Marched Into Sunlight, September 28 and November 16, 2003, C-SPAN
 
