“5) Nam (Some collection of first person stories about soldiers in Viet Nam. I found it compelling. I wonder if there’s a corollary for Iraq? )”
Try “The Sandbox: Dispatches From Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan”. It’s a series of short stories from the guys who were there (including, I modestly admit, me)
This one? By Doonesbury???? Isn’t that the same guy as the ultra liberal comic strip author?
Doonesbury.com’s The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (Doonesbury.Com) by G. B. Trudeau (Paperback - Oct 1, 2007)
http://www.amazon.com/Doonesbury-coms-Sandbox-Dispatches-Afghanistan-Doonesbury-Com/dp/0740769456/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222710532&sr=1-2