USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association
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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 156311190X
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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 156311190X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bill Lindsay
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Published: 2020-12-11
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781641119733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this gritty memoir, Vietnam combat veteran Second Lieutenant Bill Lindsay presents an uncensored, straightforward, hard-hitting account of his experiences in the Marine Corps 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment during the Vietnam War, where he served as a Marine rifle platoon commander in 1970. Lindsay walks the reader through the danger, the heat, the emotions, and the fear that American Marines felt as they navigated the perils of everyday life during this controversial war. All of the men he served with were volunteers, nearly all inexperienced in combat, and many not even old enough to drink. His vivid memories of those difficult, sometimes heroic times bring alive the gutsy experiences of a Marine rifle platoon commander and those of the men with whom he served. The author's real life experiences dispel many myths and images of what these men were like, what they did, and how they behaved. This memoir gives readers the unvarnished truth about what it meant to be a Marine in Vietnam.
Author: Rick R. Garcia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2016-02-10
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 1504976274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Vietnam War put a once-proud nation in turmoil. During the height of the conflict, the antiwar movement caused civil unrest in America. Young men evaded the draft by fleeing to Canada, claiming conscientious objector status, homosexuality, or marriage with child. But author Rick R. Garcia, the only son born to Hispanic parents, got caught up in the 1969 lottery draft. Pop Smoke, Birds Inbound chronicles Garcias story as he was shipped far away to the land of Hush-a-bye to fight in the most controversial war in which the United States ever participated. He was inducted into the US Army on August 20, 1970, and after the completion of eight weeks of intense advance infantry training, he was issued orders to report to Oakland Army Base, gateway to Southeast Asia. Eventually, Garcia was assigned to Blackfoot Platoon, Company Bravo, Second Battalion, Eighth Regiment, First Cavalry Division. Pop Smoke, Birds Inbound narrates a factual account of one soldiers triumphs and failures between firefightsa story of survival, from living to loving. It presents a unique glimpse into the life of a grunt, from combat to drugs to sexual exploits, along with incisive portraits of those individuals who fought in a war the United States would never win.
Author: Rick Gehweiler
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-05-13
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1476646910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like U.S. Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight missions under fire, as experienced in the cockpit, along with anecdotes of tragedy and humor from his 13-month tour through Da Nang and Phu Bai.
Author: Denis Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-09-04
Total Pages: 638
ISBN-13: 9780374279127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.
Author: W. Charles Truitt
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Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781932124521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPop A Yellow Smoke and Other Memories tells of a U.S. Marine's time in Vietnam. The 28 chapters chronologically cover the author's tour of duty from July 1969 through August 1970. The stories, are true, poignant, and often humorous.
Author: William D. Rose
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2024-06-26
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA story of how combat leadership can provide both a story of survival and learnings that can be useful in a business environment, told by someone who gained confidence and wisdom from the experience. The book recalls various incidents during the author's tour of duty and relates them to work-life situations via lessons learned.
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 992
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Angelo Heilprin
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 2078
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 2106
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