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Vietnam Diary

Author : Richard Tregaskis
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251698
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Diary written by Richard Tregaskis and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The first definitive eyewitness account of the combat in Vietnam, this unforgettable, vividly illustrated report records the story of the 14,000 Americans fighting in a new kind of war. Written by one of the most knowledgeable and experienced of America’s war correspondents, Vietnam Diary shows how we developed new techniques for resisting wily guerrilla forces. Roaming the whole of war-torn Vietnam, Tregaskis takes his readers on the tense U.S. missions—with the Marine helicopters and the Army HU1B’s (Hueys); with the ground pounders on the embattled Delta area, the fiercest battlefield of Vietnam; then to the Special Forces, men chosen for the job of training Montagnard troops to resist Communists in the high jungles. Mr. Tregaskis tells the stirring human story of American fighting men deeply committed to their jobs—the Captain who says: “You have to feel that it’s a personal problem—that if they go under, we go under;” the wounded American advisor who deserted the hospital to rejoin his unit; the father of five killed on his first mission the day before Christmas; the advisor who wouldn’t take leave because he loved his wife and feared he would go astray in Saigon. And the dramatic battle reports cover the massive efforts of the Vietnamese troops to whom the Americans are leaders and advisors. An authority on the wars against communism is Asia, Tregaskis has reported extensively on the Chinese Civil War, Korea, the Guerrilla wars in Indochina, Malaya, and Indonesia. He was the winner of the George Polk Award in 1964 for reporting under hazardous conditions.-Print ed.

Vietnam War Diary

Author : Fred Leo Brown
Publisher : Combat Ready Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780942551150
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War Diary written by Fred Leo Brown and published by Combat Ready Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary

Author : K G. MCLAUGHLIN
Publisher : Lulu Publishing Services
ISBN 13 : 9781483484600
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary written by K G. MCLAUGHLIN and published by Lulu Publishing Services. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year author K.G. McLaughlin graduated from high school, 1967, was known as ÒThe Summer of LoveÓ by an ever-increasing hippie movement that had been sweeping the country since shortly after the John Kennedy assassination in 1963. It was the best summer of his life. But that ended abruptly, he joined the Marines and was guaranteed a trip to Vietnam. In Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary, he chronicles his personal odyssey from a safe and content life in Cape Cod to a Marine Corps boot camp culture shock that unknowingly, at the time, was a gentle prelude to the hellish world of being a frontline combat soldier in Vietnam. Raw and uncomproming, McLaughlin presents a real-time, journal-based narrative describing combat while spending months in the hot, waterlogged, bug-infested jungle with one close call after another dodging bullets, bombs, and mines. Scenes from a Vietnam-Era Diary offers a multifaceted narrative of life, death, and the unspeakable horrors of serving in the Vietnam War.

Vietnam Diary

Author : Amitabha Gangopadhyay
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1948424762
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Diary written by Amitabha Gangopadhyay and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam is a country with colourful past but it has also endured turbulent times. The Chinese dynasty reigned over Vietnam for over a thousand years, the French turned the country into its colony; and just a few decades ago Vietnam fought back to drive away a superpower like America with literally nothing but its tremendous courage and will power. Still, the country has always been loving and welcoming to visitors. It is to understand this bittersweet dichotomy that the author undertakes an incredible journey from the Extreme North to the Deep South of this magnificent country. Join Amitabha Gangopadhyay as he takes you on a fun, thrilling and fact-filled trip for two weeks to some landmark destinations across Vietnam, meanwhile introducing to us the nuances of Vietnamese life, history and culture. As he embraces the warm and welcoming hearts of the Vietnamese people during his travel, Amitabha reflects his experiences to share with the others. This book is not just a travel journal, but an outsider’s view and understanding the strength of a country that has seen turmoil but still ploughs on forward proudly.

Kontum Diary

Author : Paul Reed
Publisher : Summit Group
ISBN 13 : 9781565302051
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Kontum Diary written by Paul Reed and published by Summit Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A North Vietnamese diary helps an American come to terms with the war

A G.I.'s Vietnam Diary

Author : Ellen Cooney
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595392504
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book A G.I.'s Vietnam Diary written by Ellen Cooney and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these excerpts from his diary, a young soldier records the ordeal of his war experiences and his inner conflicts as he reexamines his values in life.

Force Recon Diary, 1969

Author : Major Bruce H. Norton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 039917771X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Force Recon Diary, 1969 written by Major Bruce H. Norton and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elite and highly trained, the 3d Force Recon's eight-man teams were assigned to obtain vital information about NVA operations. Alone, the men of these small teams were sent behind enemy lines, where they all knew that a single mistake could cost everyone their lives. United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Bruce Norton was the only navy corpsman to act as a Marine Force Recon Team Leader. In Force Recon Diary, 1969 Doc Norton chronicles his life, mission by mission, with the 3d Force Recon in the DMZ and the A Shau Valley. He describes the tense patrols, the supreme courage, the sacrifices—in ambushes and hot landing zones—that made this courageous company one of only two Marine units during the entire Vietnam War to receive the United States Army's Valorous Unit Citation.

DMZ Diary

Author : Jeff Kelly
Publisher : Booklocker.Com Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781931391702
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book DMZ Diary written by Jeff Kelly and published by Booklocker.Com Incorporated. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a riveting firsthand account of the most intense fighting of the Vietnam War - DMZ 1968, where death was sudden, life stripped of the superfluous. The author recounts harrowing experiences as a radioman in a Marine rifle company near the North Vietnamese border.

Vietnam

Author : Michael Lee Lanning
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585446315
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Ballantine Books, 1988.

REMF Diary

Author : David A. Willson
Publisher : Black Heron Press
ISBN 13 : 9780930773069
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book REMF Diary written by David A. Willson and published by Black Heron Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is how it was to be a REMF in Vietnam- the ice cream, the Coca Cola, the air conditioning, the clean, starched jungle fatigues, and yes, the parades and the whores, I leave nothing out; it is all in there. The typing and the saluting, too. With this, David Willson sets the tone for REMF Diary. Between these covers is a very funny, ironic novel of the Vietnam War. It is a story told by an army clerk stationed in Saigon. His perceptions of the war and of the paper war around him make for hilarious reading.

Blood Trails

Author : Christopher Ronnau
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307494195
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Blood Trails written by Christopher Ronnau and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BAPTISM BY FIRE Chris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler’s checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the thick of two pivotal, fiercely fought Big Red One operations, going head-to-head against crack Viet cong and NVA troops in the notorious Iron Triangle and along the treacherous Cambodian border near Tay Ninh. Patrols, ambushes, plunging down VC tunnels, search and destroy missions–there were many ways to drive the enemy from his own backyard, as Ronnau quickly discovered. Based on the journal Ronnau kept in Vietnam, Blood Trails captures the hellish jungle war in all its stark life-and-death immediacy. This wrenching chronicle is also stirring testimony to the quiet courage of those unsung American heroes, many not yet twenty-one, who had a job to do and did it without complaint–fighting, sacrificing, and dying for their country. Includes sixteen pages of rare and never-before-seen combat photos

Cleared Hot!

Author : Bob Stoffey
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466804319
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Cleared Hot! written by Bob Stoffey and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1993-01-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of vivid detail, this combat diary uncovers the real heroes of the Vietnam War, the behind-the-scenes Marine Corps pilots who helped our boys return home...then went back for more. Daring missions. Dangerous rescues. Deadly accuracy. Many pilots never made it out of 'Nam. This one did. Highly decorated Col. Bob Stoffey-- a Marine Corps pilot for over twenty-five years, who served multiple tours in Vietnam-- has seen and done it all. Cleared Hot! is his story-- a fast-paced, high-casualty flight into heart-stopping danger. Includes eight pages of heroic photographs!

Vietnam War River Patrol

Author : Richard H. Kirshen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476627428
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War River Patrol written by Richard H. Kirshen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and certified U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and the lives of its crew. Ambushes and firefights became the norm, along with numerous dives--almost 300 in 18 months. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist. This journal records his contrasting impressions of the Delta--alternately disturbing and enlightening--as seen first from a river patrol boat, then from a luxury cruise ship.

Vietnam Diary

Author : Robbie Robinson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781512143072
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Diary written by Robbie Robinson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam Diary 1966 - 1967 is a collection of journal entries, letters and poetry written during a young man's tour of duty in Vietnam. It includes photos and flashbacks that occurred during the author's writing of the book, and is illustrative of the lives of the thousands of troops that experienced that controversial war. The author joined the Marine Corps in 1966 and by the fall of that year was in Vietnam in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division in Golf Company, Weapons Platoon, was posted as a machine gunner. He was involved in 2 major battles, many smaller ones and was wounded twice. The journal is a chronological account of his year there starting from boot camp in San Diego to his final days in the service. Mixed with his actual journal entries are letters he writes home and poetry he wrote that reflects his response to the war, combat and death. The letters to his father and his mother and sister are distinctly different in content and tone, the journal entries the musings of a young boy away from his family for the first time in horrific conditions, the poetry fresh with promise, and the remembrance's often painful. By way of example: Excerpt from Letter to Dad: "But speaking of your counter-insurgent, you can bet your boots that's what we are. We employ the same tactics they use with heavier armament and better equipped personnel. We are hardly conventional troops, though they call us that back home for political as well as social reasons, but we use much the same tactics as do the VC short of torture, killing of innocents, etc. although there are scattered incidents of these as in any war. But we hide in the field, search and destroy, sweep, ambush, etc. generally being miserable, wet, hungry, cold-hot, and wishing we were home." Excerpt from Letter to Mom & Sis: "I received my tentative orders and I'm scheduled to go overseas Nov. 21, so it looks like I'm not going to get a chance to see you before I go. There isn't real need, for love explains and shows all, and it is enough to carry me across those waters. I love you both and I know that I am loved, so I'm content until I return next fall." Excerpt from Journal Entry: "Relatives and family... worry. They worry about me and I worry about them worrying about me. Winds flowing every way and I'm coming back... worry is ungood and bothers. Forget and live life as I'm doing on my part with death possibly just around over there..." Part of a poem written after six months in-country: What brings me here? What leads my path To find this dreary horror Singing a muddy melody of Blood and lost friends? Perhaps a quiet somebody will Come leading me by the hand To sit and explain those things And all things and, and... Excerpt from a Remembrance: "I could feel the bullets whizzing around my head like angry hornets and then there was a loud clap next to my face with the sonic slap of a bullet that just missed me. I crouched down unable to see where it came from, cursing and angry then got up and moved forward. Eventually the firing stopped. No one was hurt and that bullet didn't have my name on it. Still left me shaking." About the Author The author served a 2 year enlistment and was honorably discharged as a Lance Corporal with two Purple Hearts. He was profoundly affected by the war both physically and mentally and it drastically changed the way he looks at life. In 1997 he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma caused by his exposure to Agent Orange, the chemical herbicide and defoliant made by Monsanto that U.S. forces sprayed extensively in order to kill vegetation in the Vietnamese jungle and expose Viet Cong hideouts. His Epilogue credits Monsanto for ruining his life and the lives of so many others following the war.

Vietnam War Diary

Author : Chris Bishop
Publisher : Crescent
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War Diary written by Chris Bishop and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1990 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A month-by-month diary of the US forces' war in Southeast Asia which includes hundreds of news stories, personal accounts, and extracts from official reports.

Da Nang Diary

Author : Tom Yarborough
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 9781612004754
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Da Nang Diary written by Tom Yarborough and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2017-03-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal BEST MEMOIR OF 2014. Originally published in 1990, this classic work has now been revised and updated with 50,000 words of additional narrative and previously unpublished photos. It is the story of how, in Vietnam, an elite group of Air Force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 0-2 and OV-10 Bronco prop planes--flying as low as they could get. The eyes and ears of the fast-moving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions, the Forward Air Controller made an art form out of an air strike--knowing the targets, knowing where friendly troops were, and reacting with split-second, life and death decisions as a battle unfolded. The expertise of the low, slow FACs, as well as the hazard attendant to their role, made for a unique birds-eye perspective on how the entire war in Vietnam unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, who logged 1,500 hours of combat flying time, the risk was constant, intense and electrifying. A member of the super-secret "Prairie Fire" unit, Yarborough became one of the most frequently shot-up pilots flying out of Da Nang--engaging in a series of dangerous secret missions in Laos. In this work, the reader flies in the cockpit alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger and wartime brotherhood. From the rescuing of downed pilots to taking out enemy positions, to the most harrowing extended missions directly overhead of the NVA, here is the dedication, courage and skill of the fliers who took the war into the enemy's backyard. Colonel Tom Yarborough, USAF (ret.) served in the Air Force for thirty years in a variety of flying and staff assignments. A command pilot, during his two Vietnam tours as a forward air controller, he earned thirty combat decorations, including the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He currently lives in Springfield, Virginia, where he maintains ties to the academic community as an adjunct history professor at Northern Virginia Community College.

GI Diary

Author : David Parks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780882581132
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book GI Diary written by David Parks and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Parks is a black man from an affluent family. After dropping out of college, he is drafted into the U.S. Army in 1965. He goes because he feels it is his duty to serve. His father tells him to make the best of it. What he finds is racism in the U.S. Army. Not only do the officers send him on guard and KP duty more times than the others, but once in Nam they send him on more dangerous duties. He finds the Army divided between Souls, white men, and Hispanics. Not only does this prevent the units from fighting more effectively, but it causes a hatred toward his fellow soldiers rather than the enemy. He finally gets out and heads home to a divided land. I think this book points out a unique perspective. America was divided in the sixties, and blacks and others did not have equal rights. However our nation put them at risk in foreign lands to back up our foreign policy. This is a good perspective of the black soldier in Vietnam.