A Wake-Up Call - Vietnam 1968
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008I3SGPM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 259 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excellent book and well written Excellent book and well written. Many of the stories were true to life examples of what we encountered while on tour in Vietnam especially in the Delta where I was located as a MACV advisor to the RF/PF! Bob Douglass. JAG said From the Heart and Head of an Infantry Veteran.Good Read.. First, Thank you for your service, your sacrifices and sufferings are appreciated. Second, thank you for having the courage to share your experiences to give others a front row seat on what it was like for you to serve in an infantry unit in Nam 68. I have read many memoirs and what I look for is a from the heart, straight shooting narrative of an individuals experience, perceptions, recollections and opinions based their lives before, during and after th. Kindle Customer said A clear-eyed look at one soldier's experience. I was a REMF on a carrier during Vietnam. As such I am very interested in the kind of simple, straightforward tale of what the unfortunate grunts had to go through. This is a very clear-eyed look at one soldier's experience and disillusionment and determination to do his duty. Well worth the time.
I built plastic models of warplanes and naval vessels and even wrote stories about the Atlantic convoys during World War II. It was my dream to find glory in combat. I wanted to be a soldier and experience the glory of war so I enlisted in the Army. I read more than 200 books within a years’ time on war and was fascinated by it. I volunteered for the infantry and requested duty in Vietnam. In the early 1960’s I had become a teenager, but while other boys my age were interested in girls, I developed an infatuation for war. My entire unit was decimated and