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W. D. Ehrhart
American poet
William "Bill" Daniel Ehrhart (born September 30, ) is an American poet, writer, scholar and Vietnam veteran.
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Ehrhart has been called "the dean of Vietnam war poetry." Donald Anderson, editor of War, Literature & the Arts, said Ehrhart's Vietnam–Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir, is "the best single, unadorned, gut-felt telling of one American's route into and out of America's longest war." Ehrhart has been an active member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).[1] He was a Pew Fellow in the Arts.
Life
Immediately upon graduating from high school in June , Ehrhart joined the United States Marine Corps, serving three years, including 13 months in Vietnam, from early February to late February , being there during the Tet Offensive.
Ehrhart, an infantry sergeant, was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries he received while fighting in Hue City. He subsequently attained his bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College, a master's de