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Edison 64 : A Tragedy in Vietnam and at Home - Richard Sand

Edison 64

A Tragedy in Vietnam and at Home

By: Richard Sand, Tom Ridge (Foreword by), Ron Castille (Foreword by)

Paperback | 7 May 2025

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WINNER: Gold Medal in the History Genre 2019 by Military Writers Society of America

WINNER: Independent Press Award

WINNER: LitPick Top Choice Book Review Award

The Vietnam War represents a dark period in the history of the United States. Scores of young men (and many women) went off to a foreign land to fight a war of unclear intentions. For those that came home, years of PTSD and anything but a hero's welcome would be there to meet them. For a large number of others, there was no coming home alive.

For the community of North Philadelphia, the death and heartache of the Vietnam War would affect them more drastically than any other. 64 students from Edison High School would be killed in combat, more than any other school in the country.

Now, for the first time, author and historian Richard Sand shines the light on these brave 64, and the effect of the loss of life on their school and community. Collecting stories from both survivors who made it home and from family members of those who didn't, as well as photos of the fallen soldiers, Sand weaves a tapestry of history that shows the very human toll that war takes on society, communities and the people who have no choice but to go through the horrors and emerge on the other side.

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Edison 64 is an extraordinary contribution not only to the history, the lives, and losses of the band of brothers Sand chronicles, but also a poignant reminder of lingering challenges with which many are confronted upon their return to civilian life. --Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran

Award-winning author, Richard Sand has written this remarkable book based on his detailed retelling of lives in Edison 64 . A superb job by Sand showing the impact of war at its elemental level. --Former Chief Justice of PA Supreme Court, Ron Castille, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran

The book is a written tribute and memorial...a moving reading experience. This is author Richard Sand's best book to date. --Bill McDonald, Military Writers Society of America

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