tom barton from the university has collected and edited john steinbeck's war correspondence from the mid 1960s - a significant literary and commentary volume. tom did an excellent interview on NPR's weekend edition with scott simon (and it is here):
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/21/150012711/steinbeck-in-vietnam-a-great-writers-last-reports
looking forward to reading this! another very good toledo story as well.