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Author: Gilbert R. Bossie
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2022-02-03
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 1646287088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA boy from Maine enlisted in the US Army, and he enjoyed a three-year tour before returning home to find it changed. Employment was scarce, so he returned to the Army as a medic. He tried to find humor in most situations and gave 100 percent at every job. War changed the job.
Author: Daniel Marvin
Publisher: Trine Day
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 969
ISBN-13: 1937584070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExposing the unique nature of the United States’ elite fighting force, this narrative reveals how covert operations are often masked to permit and even sponsor assassination, outright purposeful killing of innocents, illegal use of force, and bizarre methods in combat operations. Through this compelling memoir, the author reveals the fear these warriors share not of the enemy they have been trained to fight in battle, but of the wrath of the U.S. government should they find themselves classified as “expendable.”
Author: Richard W. Carlson, M.D.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-07-25
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1476646023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1966, Dr. Richard Carlson, two years out of medical school, embarked on a year-long tour in Vietnam to treat the many forgotten victims of the war: the civilians. During medical school he was introduced to the Los Angeles County General Hospital, the huge institution that served LA's socially and medically deprived. When drafted, he applied to work in a Vietnamese civilian hospital. His tenure at the LA hospital was the best training for what he would encounter in Vietnam. His arrival coincided with a bloody escalation of the conflict. But like many Americans, he believed South Vietnam desired a democratic future and that the U.S. was helping to achieve that goal. He diligently chronicled his efforts to save lives in the Mekong delta province of Bac Lieu and detailed the stories of the AMA volunteer doctors, USAID nurses and corpsmen that he worked with to treat the local citizens, many of whom were Viet Cong. He gives a glimpse of the emerging understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder and his team's development of a pioneering family planning clinic. With more than 80 photographs, this book relates hi efforts, including the competition among civilians for medical services. The facilities and equipment were primitive, and the doctors' efforts were often hampered by folk remedies and superstition.
Author: Bruce McDaniel
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-02-17
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1329909860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In ways that I could not yet imagine, being at war would challenge my beliefs, confirming some and forcing me to rethink others, and being a veteran would forever affect and enrich my relationships with other people. On that March night in 1968 I did not yet understand that if I lived through my year in Vietnam a coming home process would follow, one that would continue a lifelong spiritual journey ..."--Back cover.
Author: Robert W. Costigan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1434331008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperience the Real World of a Combat Medic as he faces the hardships of both staying alive and keeping his small platoon safe and healthy in the dangerious jungles of Vietnam. Follow SGT. Bob Costigan "Doc Zoo" in this chilling,sad, humorous and true adventure story while serving three tours of duty with the elite Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Birgade. None stop Action,Thumbs up!! 5 Star Rating.
Author: Rufus C Phillips
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 1612515622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRufus Phillips offers an extraordinary inside history of the most critical years of American involvement in Vietnam, from 1954 to 1968, and explains why it still matters. Describing what went right and then wrong, he contends that our failure to understand the Communists, our South Vietnamese allies, or even ourselves took us down the wrong road of a conventional war until it was too late—we missed the war’s essential political character. Documenting the story from his own personal files, now available at the Texas Tech Vietnam Archive, as well as from the historical record, the former government official paints striking portraits of such key figures as John F. Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor, Robert McNamara, Henry Cabot Lodge, Hubert Humphrey, and Ngo Dinh Diem, among others with whom he dealt."
Author: Ian Stiles OAM, JP
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: 2024-02-02
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1035830922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImmerse yourself in the riveting true story of a young maverick’s journey from the gritty slums of Melbourne to the elite ranks of Australia’s Special Air Service (SAS) during the tumultuous 1950s and 60s. Witness the struggles of his mother, wed to an abusive man, and how the hardships of his upbringing influenced his formative years. Leaving school at 14, he delved into the world of firearms and hunting by working in a gun shop, a precursor to his military service. Enlist alongside him at 17 and endure the gruelling selection process and intense training regimen that propelled him into the SAS, Australia’s pinnacle military unit. Experience firsthand his arduous pre-deployment conditioning in the unforgiving terrains of New Guinea, and feel the adrenaline rush as he was thrust into the heart of the Vietnam War at just 19 years old. Laced with unfiltered humour and detailing the escapades of the SAS’s hard-living, harder-fighting men, this memoir utilizes Australian War Memorial records to shed light on the innovative tactics and extraordinary kill ratios the unit achieved in Vietnam, despite their primary mission of intelligence gathering. Chart his meteoric rise from Private to Sergeant in just one year, a promotion that garnered him both awe and animosity from older, yet less aggressive, SAS soldiers. Finally, accompany him as he navigates the tumultuous transition from battle-hardened warrior to peacetime soldier, facing the strictures of a by-the-book Regimental Sergeant Major upon his return to Australia.
Author: Billy Waugh
Publisher: Permuted Press+ORM
Published: 2018-03-20
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1682616096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis military biography recounts the incredible story of a Green Beret who survived capture and torture in Vietnam before escaping to freedom. Raised in El Paso, Texas, Isaac Camacho enlisted in the U.S. Army as a young man and soon joined the ranks of an elite Special Forces Group. He served with distinction in the Vietnam War, training Civilian Irregular Defense Guard personnel at a camp near Cambodia’s Parrot’s Beak region. But in November of 1963, he was captured by the Viet Cong and subjected to nearly two years of excruciating torture. Shackled, worked like an animal, and routinely interrogated, Camacho somehow managed to plan and execute a harrowing escape. On his long trek through enemy territory, he endured hellish jungle conditions and suffered from malaria, beriberi, and hepatitis. Yet he through it all he remained determined to live up to the Military Code of Conduct and to fight another day for his country.
Author: Jeff Danziger
Publisher: Primedia E-launch LLC
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1622090195
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