Abstract
Abstract “Soldiering with Steinbeck” was delivered as a talk at the 2023 International Steinbeck Conference at San Jose State University. The talk recounts Steinbeck’s varied experiences as a war correspondent and witness across various theaters in World War II and the Vietnam War. Never an enlisted soldier himself, through his writings, Steinbeck provides unique insight into conflict, his own observations on the horrors of war, the life and ways of soldiers, and even his relationship with his own son, John Steinbeck IV, who was drafted into the Vietnam War and served there at the same time his father was working as a war correspondent.
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