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The Boys of St. Joe's '65 in the Vietnam War

Author : Dennis G. Pregent
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476679711
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Boys of St. Joe's '65 in the Vietnam War written by Dennis G. Pregent and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven high school friends in idyllic North Adams, Massachusetts, enlisted to serve in Vietnam, and one stayed behind to protest the war. All were from patriotic, working-class families, all members of the class of 1965 at Saint Joseph's School. Dennis Pregent was one of them. He and his classmates joined up--most right out of school, some before graduating--and endured the war's most vicious years. Seven served in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, and one in the Navy. After fighting in a faraway place, they saw the trajectories of their lives dramatically altered. One died in combat, another became paralyzed, and several still suffer from debilitating conditions five decades later. Inspired by his 50th high school reunion, Pregent located his classmates, rekindled friendships, and--together, over hours of interviews--they remembered the war years.

The Boys of ’67

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780968906
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Boys of ’67 written by Andrew Wiest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. Across the nation, farm boys from the Midwest, surfers from California and city-slickers from Cleveland opened their mail to find greetings from Uncle Sam. Most American soldiers of the Vietnam era trickled into the war zone as individual replacements for men who had become casualties or had rotated home. Charlie Company was different as part of the only division raised, drafted and trained for service. From draft to the battlefields of South Vietnam, this is the unvarnished truth from the fear of death to the chaos of battle, told almost entirely through the recollections of the men themselves. This is their story, the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return – lost faces of a distant war.

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Author : Monika Jensen-Stevenson
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1632200155
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Kiss the Boys Goodbye written by Monika Jensen-Stevenson and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of the abandonment of American POWs in Vietnam by the US government. For many Americans, the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan bring back painful memories of one issue in particular: American policy on the rescue of and negotiation for American prisoners. One current American POW of the Taliban, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, stands as their symbol. Thousands of Vietnam veteran POW activists worry that Bergdahl will suffer the fate of so many of their POW/MIA comrades—abandonment once the US leaves that theater of war. Kiss the Boys Goodbye convincingly shows that a legacy of shame remains from America’s ill-fated involvement in Vietnam. Until US government policy on POW/MIAs changes, it remains one of the most crucial issues for any American soldier who fights for home and country, particularly when we are engaged with an enemy that doesn’t adhere to the international standards for the treatment of prisoners—or any American hostage—as the graphic video of Daniel Pearl’s decapitation on various Jihad websites bears out. In this explosive book, Monika Jensen-Stevenson and William Stevenson provide startling evidence that American troops were left in captivity in Indochina, victims of their government’s abuse of secrecy and power. The book not only delves into the world of official obstruction, missing files, censored testimony, and the pressures brought to bear on witnesses ready to tell the truth, but also reveals the trauma on patriotic families torn apart by a policy that, at first, seemed unbelievable to them. First published in 1990, Kiss the Boys Goodbye has become a classic on the subject. This new edition features an afterword, which fills in the news on the latest verifiable scandal produced by the Senate Select Committee on POWs. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

American Boys

Author : Louise Esola
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0996057404
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book American Boys written by Louise Esola and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1969. War and protest rattled the nation while the troops marched on. The warships set sail. For coming-of-age American boys, death seemed one hill away. By then, nearly 300 of them were coming home in boxes each week. They were young men caught in a war machine, one of chance, circumstance, and misfortune. In a tragedy of just the same, lost in the turmoil of what would become America's most unpopular war, lies a story buried 1,100 fathoms deep in the blue waters off Vietnam. In the middle of a dark night off the coast of Vietnam on June 3, 1969, the USS Frank E. Evans is rammed by a ship ten times her size, sending her forward half to the bottom of the South China Sea and into oblivion. Seventy-four Americans are killed in this mysterious collision. Three brothers from a small town in Nebraska are gone, as is the son of a chief who barely survived. Only one body is ever found. The truth is confined to a footnote of the Vietnam War. Buried in obscurity even today, as the 74 names of those killed are not on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. In American Boys, journalist Louise Esola has uncovered and assembled a powerful rebuttal, putting the ship and her men in the time and place that was Vietnam. Groundbreaking and astonishing in scope and intimate details, American Boys is a story of heartbreak and perseverance. It's the story of a shattering injustice, of love and healing, and of a great generation of those who fought and lost yet vowed to never forget, though their nation has.

The Boys of Vietnam

Author : Marvin E. Groce
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434914623
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Boys of Vietnam written by Marvin E. Groce and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charlie Company

Author : Peter Louis Goldman
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Charlie Company written by Peter Louis Goldman and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1983 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the Vietnam War, its aftermath and effect on their lives as seen by 65 veterans of Charlie Company, an infantry unit.

The Boys on Cherry Street

Author : Ron Boehm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990820505
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Boys on Cherry Street written by Ron Boehm and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boys on Cherry Street is a collection of stories both humorous and heroic. The stories start with the zany and outrageous antics of the author and his college friends and continues through his U.S. Marine Corps training, flight school and service in Vietnam. There are many great books written about the Vietnam War-its heroes, their courage and sacrifice. However, this book is different in that it also shows the keen sense of humor that some men showed in some of the most stressful situations imaginable. It was this sense of humor that Boehm believe was part of their coping mechanism that got them through the tense situations of combat. The book is a salute to the young men of the Vietnam War Era who answered their country's call.

The Lost Boys

Author : Tim Potter
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465318984
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Boys written by Tim Potter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Boys: A Parochial Novel of the Vietnam Generation deals with a group of Vietnam Veterans who enter / return to college after leaving the service and the problems they encounter in attempting to readjust to civilian life. Set, primarily, in Southern California from the late 1960s to mid-70s, the novel follows the path of the traditional (mythological) heros journey as seen from the viewpoints of ten Lost Boys. Exhaustively researched, Lost Boys is an emotional odyssey through one of the most dramatic and painful periods in Americas recent past.

We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Author : Doug Bradley
Publisher : UMass + ORM
ISBN 13 : 161376426X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book We Gotta Get Out of This Place written by Doug Bradley and published by UMass + ORM. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The diversity of voices and songs reminds us that the home front and the battlefront are always connected and that music and war are deeply intertwined.” —Heather Marie Stur, author of 21 Days to Baghdad For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam’s Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.” And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” or the song that gives this book its title. In We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner place popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. They explore how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the World back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. They also demonstrate that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans—black and white, Latino and Native American, men and women, officers and “grunts”—whose personal reflections drive the book’s narrative. Many of the voices are those of ordinary soldiers, airmen, seamen, and marines. But there are also “solo” pieces by veterans whose writings have shaped our understanding of the war—Karl Marlantes, Alfredo Vea, Yusef Komunyakaa, Bill Ehrhart, Arthur Flowers—as well as songwriters and performers whose music influenced soldiers’ lives, including Eric Burdon, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Country Joe McDonald, and John Fogerty. Together their testimony taps into memories—individual and cultural—that capture a central if often overlooked component of the American war in Vietnam.

All American Boys

Author : Frank Kusch
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0275972682
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book All American Boys written by Frank Kusch and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Looks at the experiences of American draft dodgers in Canada during the Vietnam War, arguing that many of these young men were motivated not only by their opposition to the war but also by their sense of alienation from American society as a whole.

The Boys of ’67

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780968949
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Boys of ’67 written by Andrew Wiest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the stunning success of the novel Matterhorn as well as Osprey's own Tonight We Die as Men, this book follows the trials and tribulations of a group of Vietnam draftees from basic training to the rice paddies of Vietnam. In the spring of 1966 the Vietnam War was intensifying, driven by the US military build up, under which the 9th Infantry Division was reactivated. Charlie Company was part of the 9th and representative of the melting pot of America. But, unlike the vast majority of other companies in the US Army, the men of Charlie Company were a close-knit family. They joined up together, trained together, and were deployed together. This is their story. From the joker who roller-skated into the Company First Sergeant's office wearing a dress, to the nerdy guy with two left feet who would rather be off somewhere inventing computers, and the everyman who just wanted to keep his head down and get through un-noticed and preferably unscathed. Written by leading Vietnam expert Dr Andrew Wiest, The Boys of '67 tells the unvarnished truth about the war in Vietnam, recounting the fear of death and the horrors of battle through the recollections of the young men themselves. America doesn't know their names or their story, the story of the boys of Charlie, young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and received so little in return – lost faces and silent voices of a distant war.

Boys of Battery B

Author : Ed Gaydos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549739354
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Boys of Battery B written by Ed Gaydos and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys of Battery B tells the story of an air mobile artillery unit operating in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. These are the adventures of everyday life in the field from the guys who served, not a neat chronology of historical facts. For some this is the first time they've talked about Vietnam, waiting over half a century to let the memories flow. When they talk of Vietnam, especially among other veterans, they become boys again. You can't make these stories up: They careen from the funny to the tragic, from heroic to the wildly crazy, and all poured out with the hot-blooded passion of youth. In a bar outside Ft. Sill during an artillery reunion, bunch of rowdy B Battery guys were at the next table. They were laughing and pounding the table as the beer bottles piled up. That was the inspiration for this book. To place the reader at the next table to listen in. B Battery, 5/27 Field Artillery, arrived in Vietnam from Oakland, CA on October 29, 1965 aboard the USS J.C. Breckinridge. The stories begin there, and continue to its departure from the field on July 5, 1971. The battery operated in the Central Highlands of II Corps, first attached to the 101st Airborne, and later assigned to First Field Force. These stories are based on taped interviews of forty-seven men who served with the battery throughout its time in Vietnam, containing pictures and documents each man brought back. They adhere closely to exact interview transcripts, so as to preserve each soldier's unique personality, perspective and way of speaking. In the absence of verified facts or strong circumstantial evidence, different ways of remembering the same event were allowed to stand, encouraged in fact. The spirit of the collection is this: How the veteran remembers is the most important fact of all.

Vietnam

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782003231
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam written by Andrew Wiest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Andrew Wiest, the bestselling author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam and one of the leading scholars in the study of the Vietnam War, comes a frank exploration of the human experience during the conflict. Vietnam allows the reader a grunt's-eye-view of the conflict – from the steaming rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta, to the triple-canopy rainforest of the Central Highlands and the forlorn Marine bases that dotted the DMZ. It is the definitive oral history of the Vietnam War told in the uncompromising, no-holds barred language of the soldiers themselves.

Adrift at Sea

Author : Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Publisher : Pajama Press Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1772780057
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Adrift at Sea written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and published by Pajama Press Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1981. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a fishing boat overloaded with 60 Vietnamese refugees drifts. The motor has failed; the hull is leaking; the drinking water is nearly gone. This is the dramatic true story recounted by Tuan Ho, who was six years old when he, his mother, and two sisters dodged the bullets of Vietnam’s military police for the perilous chance of boarding that boat. Told to multi-award-winning author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and illustrated by the celebrated Brian Deines, Tuan’s story has become Adrift At Sea, the first picture book to describe the flight of Vietnam’s “Boat People” refugees. Illustrated with sweeping oil paintings and complete with an expansive historical and biographical section with photographs, this non-fiction picture book is all the more important as the world responds to a new generation of refugees risking all on the open water for the chance at safety and a new life.

The Sons of Guadalupe

Author : Michael Raúl Ornelas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934379837
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Sons of Guadalupe written by Michael Raúl Ornelas and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guadalupe, California, a town of 2,500 residents in 1965 contributed 228 Vietnam era veterans during the 1960s and early 1970s, at a ratio 300% above the national average. Of these men, 148 were Chicanos, 34 were Anglo Americans, 34 were Filipino Americans and 12 were of Japanese descent. There were also 56 sets of brothers which included at least 116 of the men. Read of their life in small-town America before the war, their war experiences and how the war continues to influence their lives today. Read the transcripts of over 25 word-for-word interviews that cover topics like their Vietnam War experiences and their town when they were growing up and their difficult transitions to civilian life since, photos during their war experiences and the multi-cultural history of their town. Read of the history of the town, from the filming of the first Ten Commandments movie at the local dunes to the return by the veterans to the town to form the Central Coast Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Read of the war exploits of men like Ernie Serrano, recipient of 12 medals for valor and other stories of struggle and triumph."--Description from www.amazon.com

Booby Trap Boys

Author : David Beakey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781436385671
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Booby Trap Boys written by David Beakey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Booby Trap Boys" is a true account of 13 months in the life of a Marine Machine Gunner in Vietnam, and his struggle upon coming home to understand and finally deal with his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unlike many "shoot-em-up" stories from the war, "Booby Trap Boys" focuses mainly on the feelings of combat; fear, joy, sadness, etc. The vignettes, written in memoir form, describe life in the bush with highly vibrant accounts of the combat, the marches, the fatigue, etc., that are all a part of war. "My throat started to dry up. My stomach tightened and I had this out-of-body feeling that I get sometimes in the bush. I shook it off. I looked left then right and was surprised that I could suddenly see the whole company, spread out across the slope. Strangely, we were still in a jagged line, like a snake, moving up the hill. But almost immediately, the scene faded as the hot wind blew and the elephant grass started to obscure us slowly, from east to west. Then I was alone, unable to see Nash or Montoya, who were so close to me that I could hear them grunting and swearing. And so it went. We kept marching up that hill, sometimes able to see each other, sometimes totally engulfed by the grass. Our mission was vague. All we knew is that we had to get to the top of this hill, which was actually part of a series of mountains. I started to hallucinate and my thoughts were of Boston, Massachusetts, Thanksgiving dinners, but mainly water, ice cold water. I shook my head. Montoya was looking at me strangely. He of all of us did not have to be here on this mission or in the bush. His father was a State Senator or Representative in New York. With one phone call, Tony could be in the "rear with gear". But he chose to be a grunt. We thought he was crazy, but also respected him. He dropped back and walked behind me, pushing up on my back. My pack now felt like feather. Then the fire started on the side of the hill. I could see the flames and smoke. We had nowhere to go but up. Montoya had to leave, to get back in line. I gave him a look gratitude and stupidity, since I had no idea what was going to happen next. However, it didn't take long for things to develop

Charlie Company's Journey Home

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472827481
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Charlie Company's Journey Home written by Andrew Wiest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and the enduring battles they must continue to fight long after their loved ones have returned home. The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp – the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors. These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations. Some marriages were strengthened, while for others there was all too often a dark side, leaving men and their families emotionally and spiritually battered for years to come. Focusing in on just one company's experience of war and its eventual homecoming, Wiest shines a light on the shared experience of combat and both the darkness and resiliency of war's aftermath.