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Book Synopsis Monk's War in Vietnam by : Frank M. Beyea
Download or read book Monk's War in Vietnam written by Frank M. Beyea and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the U.S. Marines were sent to South Vietnam in the 1960s, 18-year-old Beyea was among them. He offers here a vital document that illustrates his transformation from teenager to soldier in a modern war.
Book Synopsis Monk’s War: An 18 Year Old Marine’s Story from the Rice Paddies by : Frank M. Beyea
Download or read book Monk’s War: An 18 Year Old Marine’s Story from the Rice Paddies written by Frank M. Beyea and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years, Vietnam Veterans, including myself, have experienced a phenomenon that is hard to explain. People are interested in the Vietnam War! I think the audience for Vietnam War stories is a diverse one. From young people with a thirst for knowledge about what their fathers and grandfathers went through in the only war that America has lost (so far history hasn't made its final judgment on Iraq and Afghanistan) to the baby boomers who fought in Vietnam. Even those boomers who demonstrated actively against the war and resisted being part of it are suddenly interested. This book provides those interested with what they crave: more true stories of what it was like to live the life of a Marine ground pounder in Vietnam. It's like a good adventure novel, when your own "theater of the mind" puts you in the shoes of the main character.
Book Synopsis The Monk and the Marines by : Philip Kingry
Download or read book The Monk and the Marines written by Philip Kingry and published by Mountain Arbor Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the hero of All Quiet on the Western Front, the narrator of this bitter, honest account lives the agony of the common soldier. Blood . . . C rations . . . disease . . . courage . . . whores . . . marijuana . . . battle . . . boredom . . . and fear. The confusions of his monk's cell traded for the harsh truths of a country with villages known as "Dogpatch" and villagers as "dogs." A slice of hell where nearly new boots are always available outside the surgery door. To survive, a man must first kill the terror within-or he hasn't a prayer. Not since Johnny Got His Gun has a book so clawed at the reader's senses, screaming from the page-this is it . . . war . . . This is real.
Book Synopsis Tail End Charlie by : Ronald John Jensen
Download or read book Tail End Charlie written by Ronald John Jensen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir is a record of what Jensen calls the luckiest and greatest adventure of his life. In the midst of the fighting and with the knowledge that each day could be his last, this young Marine managed to find some humor in his situation and he believes that is what kept him alive. The story begins with Jensen as a young man in New York in the 1960s, who, following in his brother's footsteps, decides to join the Marines in hopes of finding himself. Early chapters discuss his experiences in boot camp and his combat training at Camp Lejeune. Subsequent chapters move directly to vivid descriptions of action on the battlefield, Jensen's time aboard the USS Valley Forge, days spent walking through rice paddies and the resulting foot infections he suffered. On the day he arrived home in New York, a cab driver at the airport charged Jensen double the fare to drive him home. He paid it and returned to a delighted family on March 6, 1970.
Download or read book Monk's War written by Frank M. Beyea and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join 18-year-old Monk and his ground-pounding Marine buddies as they hold it together again. Monk gets to leave Vietnam in the way he has anticipated--on a stretcher.
Download or read book Monk's War written by Frank M. Beyea and published by . This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monk's War is true stories of what it was like to live the life of a Marine ground pounder in Vietnam. It reads like a good adventure novel.
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Book Synopsis Lasting Visions by : Frederick Fenwick
Download or read book Lasting Visions written by Frederick Fenwick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coming of age story of a farm boy who grew up in the heartland of Kentucky, who enlisted in the Marines in 1969 and experienced Marine boot camp at Parris Island where domineering drill instructors took away the youth in the author and instilled the discipline, training, and motivation necessary to survive in combat. Arriving in Vietnam in March 1970 he was assigned to 3rd Platoon, Mike Co., 3rd Bn., 7th Marines. His story tells of the bravery, camaraderie, and esprit de corps of this Marine infantry squad. Fred's true accounts take the reader into the jungles, rice paddies, villages, and mountains of Vietnam. Lasting Visions takes you to ground zero of the Vietnam War. Photos, map.
Book Synopsis A People's History of the United States by : Howard Zinn
Download or read book A People's History of the United States written by Howard Zinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.
Download or read book Cherries written by John Podlaski and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book chronicling the experiences of an eighteen year-old Army Infantry soldier during his tour in the Vietnam War. During the draft years, scores of naive, frightened, and awed young soldiers arrived daily in Vietnam; they were immediately branded "Cherries" (slang for virgins) by their in-country peers. Thrust into an unpopular war, these new recruits had much to learn before being accepted and fully trusted by their brothers. These boys were forced to become men virtually overnight, learning the ropes quickly to make life or death decisions, while depending upon one another to survive. The first few months in country served as an intense learning experience where they saw, heard, and endured things never thought to be humanly possible - providing they lived that long. There are 2.5 million existing stories from soldiers having served in Vietnam. Cherries is unique in that it is told from a "Cherry's" point of view. The story follows a group of teenage soldiers throughout their transitions from Cherries to war-hardened veterans. Their experiences are at times educational, horrific, comical, and tragic, in their never-ending search for the enemy through the dark, wet, bug-infested jungles and mountains of South Vietnam. Though Vietnam serves as the setting for Cherries, this story could take place during any war. Parental Rating: This book contains content that may not be suitable for young readers 17 and under. Author's statement: While Cherries is largely a work of fiction, many of the events and anecdotes described in the novel were based on the actual experiences of the author. The places and units mentioned were real and did exist. All characters portrayed are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, organizations, events, and locales, are entirely coincidental. Award: Finalist in Sixth International Literary Awards at Washington State College, 1986 (titled The Ingenuous Soldier). Book Reviews: "Cherries weds a matchless sense of dramatics with the ability to tell a marvelous story. You have staged excellent, realistic action with convincing effect. You paint your main characters and supporting characters with passionate realism. Cherries has a compelling magnetic quality. Parts of it are unforgettably conceived and written." ---Manuscripts International, 1987. "Cherries has received a favorable response from our readers' staff. John Podlaski has created a moving narrative that carries conviction in its sincerity and point of view; some are colorful and harrowing experiences . It is recommended for publication for its high-voltage narrative style, contemporary interest, and human drama." ---Carlton Press, Inc, 1985 "Cherries-intense, provocative, mesmerizing, emotional, heartfelt-in this tome John brings you with him to the fields, rice paddies and jungles of war-torn Vietnam--he actually makes you feel as if you were there with his platoon --you feel the fear, the awe, the drama, the bravery, the sorrow, and sometimes even the humor of young men in battle. From his arrival 'In Country' as a 'Cherry', John offers an insiders account of the true horrors of war. However, he also lets the reader see and feel all the other emotions of battle and military life, as only someone who 'was there' can relay them. Your 'In Country' journey with John as you read his story is so fascinating and riveting that you won't be able to put it down once you start reading through it's pages. I feel this is a must read for anyone who wants to really know what it was like to be a soldier in the Vietnam War. I know that I'm going to have to read it all over again to make sure that I didn't miss anything on my first journey through 'Cherries'. " ---Jerome Kunnath, Writer and friend For more information, please visit my blog: http://cherrieswriter.wordpress.com/.
Download or read book Always Faithful written by Carl P. Marchi and published by . This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing in College Basketball provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for successfully wagering on college basketball. It shows how the returns winnings -- from investing in college basketball can be far greater than investing in stocks and bonds. These returns can be achieved by anyone with an interest in basketball, basic mathematical skills, and a computer with spreadsheet programs and Internet access. The power of the methodology is demonstrated by actual investing results for the 2003-2004 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The book includes an analysis of investment outcomes for the A-10 Conference, the working papers for assessing each team, and the analysis of each game for which an investment was made. There are extensive examples of how theory is applied in analyzing actual games and showing how good analysis consistently pays off.
Book Synopsis The Things They Carried by : Tim O'Brien
Download or read book The Things They Carried written by Tim O'Brien and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Download or read book Los Angeles Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Book Synopsis The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces by :
Download or read book The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Strategy written by Harry G. Summers and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer's inspired analysis of America's war in Vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before Robert McNamara's painful admissions.
Book Synopsis U.S. Marines In Vietnam: An Expanding War, 1966 by : Dr. Jack Shulimson
Download or read book U.S. Marines In Vietnam: An Expanding War, 1966 written by Dr. Jack Shulimson and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume in an operational and chronological series covering the Marine Corps’ participation in the Vietnam War. This particular volume details the continued build-up in 1966 of the III Marine Amphibious Force in South Vietnam’s northernmost corps area, I Corps, and the accelerated tempo of fighting during the year—the result being an “expanding war.” Although written from the perspective of III MAF and the ground war in I Corps, the volume treats the activities of Marine advisors to the South Vietnamese Armed Forces, the Seventh Fleet Special Landing Force, and Marines on the staff of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, in Saigon. There are separate chapters on Marine air, artillery, and logistics. An attempt has been made to place the Marine role in relation to the overall effort.
Book Synopsis U.S. Marines in Vietnam by : Jack Shulimson
Download or read book U.S. Marines in Vietnam written by Jack Shulimson and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1997 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, an archival collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
