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The Horse Soldiers of Vietnam

Author : Chuck Breuer
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 146283132X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Horse Soldiers of Vietnam written by Chuck Breuer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000-10-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HORSE SOLDIERS of VIETNAM is based party on fact, but is primarily a work of fiction. It is factual in the sense that a specific individual well known to me disappeared after Vietnam and has never been seen since returning to the states from that emotionally devastating conflict. The specifics of that young mans trials are completely unknown to me. The fiction begins with speculation as to the kinds of events that would so totally alienate a veteran from his family and friends to the point that he would refuse all contact with them. Then, he seems to have completely disappeared from the face of the earth. In fiction Carl Steiger faces the increasing psychological turmoil of war and lost love, and becomes addicted to heroin-- a drug which has also been called HORSE-- hence the title. As the story line progresses the impending disaster is softened by the fact that the reader has already seen the Prologue and knows that Steiger will survive both conflicts: He will physically survive the slaughter in Vietnam, and-- after years of addiction-- he will also finally overcome the terrible and seemingly insurmountable malady of heroin dependency. Steiger survives and the hope of the storyteller is simply that the young man mentioned above will also survive. Further it is our hope that all of the forgotten Horse Soldiers--many of whom still wander through the shadows of society today--will also survive. We pray that they will Chuck Breuer, Edgefield SC, August 3, 2000.

Horse Soldiers

Author : Don Bendell
Publisher : Speaking Volumes, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781628150896
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Horse Soldiers written by Don Bendell and published by Speaking Volumes, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLUECOATS VS. REDSKINS-WHICH SIDE WAS THE CHIEF OF SCOUTS ON? In the embattled Oregon Territory, Christopher Columbus Colt was a wanted man. General O. O. "One-Arm" Howard, commanding the U.S. Cavalry, wanted this legendary scout to guide his forces in his campaign to break the power and take the lands of the proud Nez Perce. A tactical genius, Nez Perce Chief Joseph needed Colt as an ally in this last-ditch face-off. Rich, ruthless Rufus Potter wanted Colt out of his greedy way and six feet under the rich Oregon soil. And only Colt could decide which side to fight on in the most stirring and savage struggle the frontier ever knew... WHILE LOSING THE WAR AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM, ARVN TROOPS CONDUCTED A SECRET PROGRAM OF GENOCIDE AGAINST THE MONTAGNARD HILL PEOPLE. THE U.S. ARMY DIDN'T INTERVENE. THE GLOBAL MEDIA DIDN'T NOTICE. BUT THE 'YARDS WEREN'T ALONE. A HANDFUL OF GREEN BERETS FOUGHT AT THEIR SIDE...

The Odyssey of Echo Company

Author : Doug Stanton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476761914
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Odyssey of Echo Company written by Doug Stanton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the American recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division describes their sixty-day fight for survival during the 1968 Tet Offensive, tracing their postwar difficulties with acclimating into a peacetime America that did not want to hear their story.

Year of the Horse

Author : Kenneth D. Mertel
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764301384
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Year of the Horse written by Kenneth D. Mertel and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs - 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the man who knows them best. 1st Air Cav Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Mertel. On 1 July 1965, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 1st Air Cavalry Division was activated to employ newly developed techniques and tactics, providing the utmost in combat effectiveness and flexibility. After telling of the excitement at Benning over the formation of this revolutionary airmobile division, Colonel Mertel gives a vivid picture of the building of his own Jumping Mustang Battalion, the rigorous training of officers and men and, finally, the long voyage across the Pacific to Vietnam. Now the test. Would the new concept of airmobility, so painstakingly worked out stateside, produce the hoped-for results? The answer came quickly and dramatically in a rapid succession of search and destroy operations. Ia Drang . . . An Khe South . . . Plei Mei . . . the Cambodian border . . . Bong Son . . . Tarzan . . . In precipitous mountains, dense jungles, mud and water-filled rice paddles and expanses of view-obstructing elephant grass, the Jumping Mustangs sought out the enemy, engaging him in combat and stopping him in his tracks. Airmobility more than passed the test. Colonel Mertel pays tribute to the many acts of heroism of his men, who lived, worked and fought together in some of the world's most inhospitable conditions. He also writes movingly of those who never came back. In 1967 the President, at a White House ceremony, recognized the Division's success and valor by awarding it the Presidential Unit Citation for the action at Plei Mei. According to the Chines calendar, 1966 was the "Year of the Horse." It was the "Year of the Horse" for the Jumping Mustangs in Vietnam.

Gray Horse Troop

Author : Charles Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988811102
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Gray Horse Troop written by Charles Baker and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This searing memoir of the war in Vietnam, and again in Iraq, captures the emotions, fears, and concerns of young men facing life or death in far away lands. Gray Horse Troop is a testament to the gallantry of the men of the 5th Battalion 7th U.S. Cavalry - from Montana in the 1870s to the Middle East in 2005. The author narrates the story about the soldiers, honoring the men who served in this storied unit. From his perspective as the Battalion Operations Officer, he gives a first hand account of combat as part of the legendary 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam in the first half of 1968. 5/7th Cav fights its way into Hue during Tet of 1968, clears the NVA away from the perimeter at Khe Sahn, and pursues the enemy into the infamous A Shau Valley. He provides the big picture that surviving veterans did not get while fighting for survival down at squad level. Gray Horse Troop is a personal account of what the author saw, remembered, and further researched; which he writes about with traces of wit, political incorrectness, and cynicism. Being embedded with 5/7th Cav in Iraq in 2005 provides the framework for recalling the various Vietnam battles. He is blunt about the human costs of war. He writes in simple language, directed beyond the military reader to all who are interested in the Cold War Era.

Swords of Lightning

Author : Mark Nutsch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1637581548
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Swords of Lightning written by Mark Nutsch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-person account of how a small band of Green Berets used horses and laser-guided missiles to overthrow the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan after 9/11. They landed in a dust storm so thick the chopper pilot used dead reckoning and a guess to find the ground. They were met by a band of heavily armed militiamen who didn’t understand a word they said. They climbed a mountain on horseback to meet the most ferocious warlord in Asia. They plotted a war of nineteenth-century maneuvers against a twenty-first-century foe. They saved babies and treated fevers, trekked through minefields, and waded through booby-trapped streams—sometimes past the mangled bodies of local tribesmen who’d shared food with them hours before. They found their enemy hiding in thick concrete bunkers, dodged bullets from machine-gun-laden pickup trucks, and survived ambushes launched with Russian tanks. They fought back with everything they had, from smart bombs to AK-47s. They overthrew a government, mediated blood feuds between rival commanders, and argued with generals and politicians thousands of miles away. The men they helped called them gods. One of their commanders called them devils. Hollywood called them the Horse Soldiers. They called themselves Green Berets—Special Forces ODA 595.

US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472841735
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier written by Chris McNab and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tactics and technologies of modern air assault – vertical deployment of troops by helicopter or similar means – emerged properly during the 1950s in Korea and Algeria. Yet it was during the Vietnam War that helicopter air assault truly came of age and by 1965 the United States had established fully airmobile battalions, brigades, and divisions, including the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).This division brought to Vietnam a revolutionary new speed and dexterity in battlefield tactics, using massed helicopters to liberate its soldiers from traditional overland methods of combat manoeuvre. However, the communist troops adjusted their own thinking to handle airmobile assaults. Specializing in ambush, harassment, infiltration attacks, and small-scale attrition, the North Vietnamese operated with light logistics and a deep familiarity with the terrain. They optimized their defensive tactics to make landing zones as hostile as possible for assaulting US troops, and from 1966 worked to draw them into 'Hill Traps', extensive kill zones specially prepared for defence-in-depth. By the time the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) withdrew from Vietnam in 1972, it had suffered more casualties than any other US Army division. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs, and full-colour battle maps, this study charts the evolution of US airmobile tactics pitted against North Vietnamese countermeasures. The two sides are analysed in detail, including training, logistics, weaponry, and organization.

The Blackhorse in Vietnam

Author : Donald Snedeker
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504063511
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Blackhorse in Vietnam written by Donald Snedeker and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This military history chronicles the combat operations of the Blackhorse Regiment, which paved the way for armored cavalry tactics in the Vietnam War. South Vietnam, September 1966. When the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment came ashore at Vung Tau, it faced a number of challenges. In addition to the threat of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, the terrain and weather posed their own dangers, adversely affecting the use of bulletproof vehicles and helicopters. The dearth of doctrine and tactics for the employment of armored cavalry in a counterinsurgency was equally challenging—especially during pre-deployment training and initial combat operations. But despite all this, the leaders of Blackhorse Regiment found a way to accomplish their mission. Within a year of their arrival in Vietnam, Blackhorse troopers overcame ambushes that featured anti-tank weapons, numerous landmines, and coordinated assaults. They not only defeated an enemy division twice their size, but also demonstrated how to succeed while operating on and off the roads, in the jungle, and during both the wet and dry seasons. By the spring of 1967, army leaders were beginning to realize the value of troops stationed in Vietnam. And with the Blackhorse Regiment leading the way, armor came to be considered an essential part of the combat team. Written by a Blackhorse veteran, this regiment history features firsthand accounts from soldiers who served in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Year of the Horse--Vietnam

Author : Kenneth D. Mertel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Year of the Horse--Vietnam written by Kenneth D. Mertel and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

1966 the Year of the Horse

Author : Robert K. Powers
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608442020
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book 1966 the Year of the Horse written by Robert K. Powers and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiography of his Vietnam military experience from being drafted and inducted into the Army in January 1966, infantry training at Tigerland, Louisiana, and service in Vietnam with the 7th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division. It is descriptive of the hardships and horrors endured during nine months of combat in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam and includes Operation Thayer I and II, Irving, and Pershing. On May 18, 1967, he was severely wounded in Quang Ngai Province near Duc Pho and spent the next several months in a series of Army hospitals, and was honorably discharged in 1968.--Summary by cataloging agency

Year of the Horse

Author : Kenneth D. Mertel
Publisher : Bantam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780553283075
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Year of the Horse written by Kenneth D. Mertel and published by Bantam Books. This book was released on 1989-12-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the strategy of air mobility as used in Vietnam, and recounts major campaigns involving the 1st Cavalry Division during a pivotal year in the Vietnam War

The Horse Soldier

Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192731579
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Horse Soldier written by Martin Windrow and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on the horse soldier in over 3,000 years of warfare, including detailed information on the life and equipment of horse and rider.

The Last of the Horse Soldiers

Author : Edward G. Krebs (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578536699
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Last of the Horse Soldiers written by Edward G. Krebs (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Many people don't realize it, but up until America's entry into World War II, the U.S. Army still had regiments of horse cavalry. This story begins with one young man's entry into the U.S. Army in 1929 as a private assigned to the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas. This man was Edward G. Krebs. His story continues through his training as a cavalryman and advancement to first sergeant at Ft. Myer, Virginia, with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. The story continues as he graduates from Cavalry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Riley, Kansas, after the start of World War II on to where the now Capt. Krebs commands an assault gun troop through France, Luxombourg, Germany and Austria with the 106th Cavalry Group finally defeating Nazi Germany on their own soil"--

Girl from the Racetrack

Author : Robert Brundrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949248500
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Girl from the Racetrack written by Robert Brundrett and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American serviceman, Charlie, falls in love with a beautiful Vietnamese girl, Kim, during the Vietnam War. They meet at a horse racetrack in Saigon where Kim, a jockey, is involved in a horse racing accident and Charlie comes to her aid. Their love flourished despite the impediments of war, and grows stronger as together they face enemy shelling, the Easter Offensive, and escape by horseback. They find quiet times to disclose their private thoughts and dreams, both with unexplained feelings of something beyond fate having a hand in their meeting. They finally break free of the bonds of war, but not before a lie promoted by an enemy agent and Charlie’s racist commanding officer threatens to derail their future. Years later the couple returns to Vietnam and discovers a hidden connection. Was it fate or was there something else guiding them to find each other?" - amazon.com

Horses and Mules in the Civil War

Author : Gene C. Armistead
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602379
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Horses and Mules in the Civil War written by Gene C. Armistead and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.

"Those Damn Horse Soldiers"

Author : George Walsh
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466845619
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book "Those Damn Horse Soldiers" written by George Walsh and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many accounts of the Civil War battles, armies, and key figures have been written over the years, but none have looked at the bloodiest war in our nation's history through the eyes of the cavalry. The horse soldiers in the Civil War are often referred to as the last of the cavaliers, men who valued their honor as much as their cause. In this sweeping saga George Walsh brings to life anew the gallant horse soldiers of the North and South, showing in dramatic detail how their raids and expeditions affected the outcome of the war and how their fortunes waxed and waned. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Horses and Helicopters

Author : Jim Downey
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491734310
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Horses and Helicopters written by Jim Downey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses and Helicopters, is about my father Major James R. Downey JR, US Army Retired and Technical Sgt. James R. Downey III. MA, US Air Force Retired, and their military experiences. [Part I] "Horses" is an chronological review of "Pops" travel. He did not talk much about experiences except when he and his military friend met and I happened to be listening. My thought was that I would at least leave a little taste for my kids. It would have been nice if I knew more about that part of his life. It all really got started when I received a questioner from one of the fighter squadrons I had the privilege being part of during the Vietnam Conflict. After Vietnam. I put the questioners on a computer and would work on answering the questions time permitted. I used the question as a guide; the answer might not have anything to do with the question, but did key a memory. Each question has three responses, DaNang, Udorn, and Korat. About half way through the questions I became curious about what "POPs" experience were, so I went through all his pictures and papers to include some research information. I had to do his chronologically because I could not ask him questions. He died in 1986. He enlisted at the age of 16 in the Horse Calvary 1927 breaking horses, thus the Horse part of the book. He is on the cover and is the trooper in the middle. His travels started in 1930 to the Philippines & China, 1932 when Japan invaded. . In the 1940's he went from being a First Sargent of a Negro Artillery Battalion to 2nd Lieutenant. England, France, and Germany were next, and then back to the Philippines for the X Day invasion. Then 1949, WE went back to Germany as a family for three years occupation forces. In 1955 and after 28 years he retired. [Part II] "Helicopters" is about my 3 tours to The Republic of Vietnam (RVN). [1] In 1966 1967 Danang, (RVN) "Rocket City, Musical chairs and Russian roulette". 366 Tactical Fighter Squadron, F4 Phantoms. [2] In 1969 1970, Udorn, Thailand, L98 Laos, and Vietnam 40th ARRS, HH-53 aircraft. [3] In 1972 1973 Karat, Udorn Thailand, Ben Hoa RVN," Again with the rockets" 354 TFW. A7D aircraft. Some pictures are included. It is easier to use the Table of Contents as a guide.