摘要：This article addresses the combat memoirs of the Vietnam War, autobiographical narratives written after the fact by soldier-writers, with an emphasis on their first-hand experiences of battle and their accompanying emotions. After an introduction that discusses the motivations, truth claims, and narrative structures of such works, two well-known examples (both were best-sellers on their publication) are examined at length: Ron Kovic's Born on the Fourth of July (1976), and Philip Caputo's Rumors of War (1977). While both works follow the familiar trajectory of before-during-after, in which the cultural influences that made them both want to go to war and the consequences, physical and emotional of having survived it, they differ in the different socio-economic background of the authors and consequent attitudes toward their experience, as well as how the war has determined their later lives
其他摘要：Este artigo enfoca as memórias de combate da Guerra do Vietn., narrativas autobiográficas escritas a posteriori por escritores-soldados, com ênfase em suas diretas experiências de batalha e as consequentes emo..es. Após uma introdu..o que discute as motiva..es, alega..es factuais e estruturas narrativas destes trabalhos, dois célebres exemplos (ambos best-sellers quando de suas publica..es) s.o examinados mais longamente: Born on the Fourth of July (1976), de Ron Kovic, e Rumors of War (1977), de Philip Caputo. Embora ambos sigam a trajetória familiar de antes-durante-depois, na qual as influências culturais que fizeram ambos desejarem ir à guerra e as consequências, físicas e emocionais, de ter sobrevivido, as obras diferem na forma..o socio-econ.mica dos autores e consequentes atitudes com rela..o à experiência, bem como na maneira em que a guerra determinou suas vidas posteriores
关键词：Literature of Vietnam War. War memoirs. Autobiographical narratives
其他关键词：Literatura da Guerra do Vietn.. Memórias de guerra. Narrativas autobiográficas
