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Stained with the Mud of Khe Sanh

Author : Rodger Jacobs
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786472154
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Stained with the Mud of Khe Sanh written by Rodger Jacobs and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his memoir: "It's based on wartime letters. Upon arriving at the United States Marine Corps Boot Camp one of the first things my drill instructors told me to do was to write at least two letters home a week. I did what they told me. My father, a World War II combat veteran, kept my letters, all 146 of them (and the 250 images I sent home). I continued to write all through my combat tour in Vietnam and my hospital stay in Japan recovering from wounds. I have selected and edited the most meaningful correspondence and added a narrative thread so I could tell the full story of my military experience as a high school kid from rural Ohio transformed into a Marine. The letters describe my further transformation into a war fighting Marine grunt in combat and finally will take you through my metamorphosis into a war-altered ex-Marine but a Marine still."

Entwined with Vietnam

Author : Theodore M. Hammett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476646155
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Entwined with Vietnam written by Theodore M. Hammett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, Theodore Hammett entered a war he believed was wrong, pressured by his father's threat to disown him if he withdrew from a Marine Corps officer candidate program. He hated the Vietnam War and soon grew to hate Vietnam and its people. As a supply officer at a field hospital uncomfortably near the DMZ, he employed thievery, bargaining and lies to secure supplies for his unit and retained his sanity with the help of alcohol, music and the promise of going home. In 2008, he returned to Vietnam for a five-year "second tour" to assist in improving HIV/AIDS policies and prevention programs in Hanoi. His memoir recounts his service at the height of the war, and how the country he detested became his second home.

Cammie Up!

Author : Steven A. Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786488395
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Cammie Up! written by Steven A. Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Marine combat memoir, Steve Johnson recounts his service in Vietnam from April 1967 to May 1968. Only 17 when he enlisted in 1964, Johnson deployed to Vietnam with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and his tour included such now famous locations as Phu Bai, Khe Sanh, Nha Trang and Quang Tri, among others. With a sometimes humorous tone, Johnson describes a war of often terrified high school and college-aged youngsters faced with exotic plant and animal life, monsoon rains, harrowing reconnaissance missions and death. Details are plentiful about tactics, equipment, geography and, always, fellow Marines.

Nam Raw

Author : Staff of McFarland
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476628599
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Nam Raw written by Staff of McFarland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special edition ebook is a collection of some of the best first-person writing about combat in Vietnam available today. Drawn from 24 full-length memoirs and interviews, all published by McFarland (and available separately in complete editions), these excerpts offer important, gripping and provocative stories from men and women who were forever changed by their experiences in the war. They represent the perspectives of Army infantry, forward observers, a journalist, a combat bandsman, Marines, pilots and nurses. 'Nam Raw includes excerpts from the following titles: The Hump (Al Conetto) Lullabies for Lieutenants (Franklin Cox) Mad Minutes and Vietnam Months (Micheal Clodfelter) Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid (Taylor Eubank) Killer Kane (Andrew R. Finlayson) Stained with the Mud of Khe Sanh (Rodger Jacobs) Scrappy (Howard C. “Scrappy” Johnson and Ian A. O'Connor) Cammie Up! (Steven A. Johnson) Pucker Factor 10 (James Joyce) Crucible Vietnam (A.T. Lawrence) Ghosts and Shadows (Phil Ball) Eye of the Tiger (John Edmund Delezen) Vietnam-Perkasie (W.D. Ehrhart) Rice Paddy Recon (Andrew R. Finlayson) Quang Tri Cadence (Jon Oplinger) Vietnam War Nurses (Patricia Rushton) Runway Visions (David Kirk Vaughan) The Crouching Beast (Frank Boccia) Combat Bandsman (Robert F. Fischer) Tail End Charlie (Ronald John Jensen) The Ghosts of Thua Thien (John A. Nesser) Hornet 33 (Ed Denny) War Stories (Conrad M. Leighton) Fighting Shadows in Vietnam (Michael P. Moynihan, Jr.)

Environment as a Weapon

Author : Charles Travis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031508564
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Environment as a Weapon written by Charles Travis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dak To and the Border Battles of Vietnam, 1967-1968

Author : Michael A. Eggleston
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147666417X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Dak To and the Border Battles of Vietnam, 1967-1968 written by Michael A. Eggleston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967, the North Vietnamese launched a series of offensives in the Central Highlands along the border with South Vietnam--a strategic move intended to draw U.S. and South Vietnamese forces away from major cities before the Tet Offensive. A series of bloody engagements known as "the border battles" followed, with the principle action taking place at Dak To. Drawing on the writings of key figures, veterans' memoirs and the author's records from two tours in Vietnam, this book merges official history with the recollections of those who were there, revealing previously unpublished details of these decisive battles.

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351765205
Total Pages : 5135 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 5135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.

Vietnam War Slang

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317661877
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War Slang written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.

Valley of Decision

Author : John Prados
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Valley of Decision written by John Prados and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This military history of the Vietnam War uses official documents including US Government records and North Vietnamese Army material. It also draws on notes, personal letters, diaries and eye-witness accounts collected over 20 years by Ray W. Stubbe, nicknamed chaplain of Khe Sanh.

Aftermath: The Remnants of War

Author : Donovan Webster
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307797252
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Aftermath: The Remnants of War written by Donovan Webster and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In riveting and revelatory detail, Aftermath documents the ways in which wars have transformed the terrain of the battlefield into landscapes of memory and enduring terror: in France, where millions of acres of farmland are cordoned off to all but a corps of demolition experts responsible for the undetonated bombs and mines of World War I that are now rising up in fields, gardens, and backyards; in a sixty-square-mile area outside Stalingrad that was a cauldron of destruction in 1941 and is today an endless field of bones; in the Nevada deserts, where America waged a hidden nuclear war against itself in the 1950's, the results of which are only now becoming apparent; in Vietnam, where a nation's effort to remove the physical detritus of war has created psychological and genetic devastation; in Kuwait, where terrifyingly sophisticated warfare was followed by the Sisyphean task of making an uninhabitable desert capable of sustaining life. Aftermath excavates our century's darkest history, revealing that the destruction of the past remains deeply, inextricably embedded in the present.

A Patch of Ground

Author : Michael Archer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Patch of Ground written by Michael Archer and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant, often humorous, recollection of the siege of Khe Sanh--a pivotal turning point in the American war in Vietnam. Under constant bombardment from the enemy, Mike Archer and his cadre of fellow nineteen-year-old Marines--Orr, Pig, Old Woman and Savage, just to name a few--managed to survive and, in the process, learn about manhood, sacrifice and the darkest recesses of fear and loneliness. Includes numerous photos, maps and provides a detailed history of the battle for Khe Sanh.

Lurps

Author : Robert C. Ankony
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761843728
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Lurps written by Robert C. Ankony and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lurps is the revised edition of the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to chase his dream of military service. After volunteering for Vietnam, he joins the elite U.S. Army LRRP/Rangers—small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams that patrol deep in enemy-held territory. It is 1968, and the Lurps find themselves in some of the war's hairiest campaigns and battles, including Tet, Khe Sanh, and A Shau. Readers witness all the horrors, humor, adrenaline, and unexpected beauty through the eyes of a green young warrior. Gone are the heroic clichZs and bravado as compelling narrative and realistic dialogue sweep the reader along with a powerful sense that this is actually happening. This poignant coming-of-age story explores the social background that shaped the protagonist's thinking, his uncertain quest for redemption through increased responsibility, the brotherhood of comrades in arms, women and sexual awakening, and the baffling randomness of who lives and who dies.

Voice of My Soul

Author : K. G. Bell
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Voice of My Soul written by K. G. Bell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voice of My Soul is a collection of poems that delve into heartfelt conditions, expressing various elements of philosophy, history, and spirituality. It takes the readers on a passionate, imaginative journey along a hopeful trail, exploring the depth of courage and inspiration that have enwrapped social conditions throughout the ages. The book is intense and refreshing, shaping desires, and ideas with luminosity as it moves through the systems of life. The poems engage profoundly and intimately, shedding charm and curiosity, encouraging its readers to venture more deeply into the power of poetry to capture its importance, within the languages of various cultures of humankind.

The Names of Rivers

Author : Daniel Buckman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312314606
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book The Names of Rivers written by Daniel Buckman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a rustbelt town south of Chicago, this is the story of Bruno Konick, a troubled veteran of World War II, and his grandson Luke, a boy forever dreaming of heroism in a post-Vietnam America.

Ghosts and Shadows

Author : Phil Ball
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476624844
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts and Shadows written by Phil Ball and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego ill-prepared for the training and abuse that awaited him in boot camp. At the time, he would have done anything to escape; only upon reflection years later did he realize that the self-confidence instilled in him by his drill instructors had probably saved his life in Vietnam. A few months after boot camp, Private Ball was shipped out to Vietnam, joining F Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, near Khe Sanh. As a grunt, in the vernacular of the Corps, Ball, like the other youths of F Company, did a difficult and deadly job in such places as the A Shau Valley, Leatherneck Square, the DMZ and other obscure but critical I Corps locales. His--their--fear of death mingled with homesickness. Little did they realize that the horrors of the Vietnam War--horrors that while in-country they often claimed did not even exist--would haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Lonely Girls with Burning Eyes

Author : Marian Faye Novak
Publisher : Fawcett
ISBN 13 : 9780449220979
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Lonely Girls with Burning Eyes written by Marian Faye Novak and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1992-06-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story of the Vietnam veteran to whom little attention has been paid--the soldier's wife. Novak recalls her silence and denial, as well as the emotional and mental devastation of being a military wife during an unpopular war. A tale of loyalty, faithfulness, courage and solidarity.--New York Times Book Review.

West Dickens Avenue

Author : John Corbett
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307417719
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book West Dickens Avenue written by John Corbett and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1968, John Corbett and his fellow leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment fortified a remote outpost at a place in South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Within days of their arrival, twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the deadliest fights of the Vietnam War—and one of the greatest battles in military history. Private First Class Corbett made do with little or no sleep for days on end. The enemy bombarded the base incessantly. Extremes of heat, cold, and fog added to the misery, as did all manner of wounds and injuries too minor to justify evacuation from frontline positions. The emotional toll was tremendous as the Marines saw their friends suffer and die every day of the siege. Corbett relates these experiences through the eyes of a twenty-year-old but with the mind and maturity of a man now in his fifties. His story of life, death, and growing up on the front lines at Khe Sanh speaks for all of the Marines caught up in the epic siege of the Vietnam War.