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.

They Marched into Sunlight

First edition cover
Author	David Maraniss
Language	English
Genre	Vietnam, War, Historical Nonfiction
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	September 28, 2004
Publication place	United States
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 on 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 is based on the book and aired as part of the PBS series American Experience,^[2] winning a Peabody Award.^[3] In the UK, it was broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam Was Lost as part of the channel's Storyville series.^[4]

Editions

• ISBN 0743217802; September 23, 2003, Simon & Schuster, 592 pages (Hardcover)
• ISBN 0743261046; September 28, 2004, Simon & Schuster, 572 pages (Trade Paperback)