Eagle days: a Marine legal/infantry officer in Vietnam
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1. Verfasser: Griffis, Don W., (Donald Warner) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press ©2007
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Beschreibung:Includes index. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
List of Illustrations; Preface; The Road to Vietnam; Going South; Learning the Ropes; Joining the Provisional Rifle Company and Early Legal Battles; The Chief of Staff Loses His Jeep; Summer 1968 -- Bracing for the Enemy's "Third Wave" Offensive; Typhoon Bess Meets the Chaplain; Patrols and Alarms; Night Assault; Racial Tensions Boil Over; Trials under Fire, a Trip to the Repose, and the Marine Corps Birthday; A Difficult Client; Thanksgiving and a Trip to Saigon; War in the Christmas Season; Bringing in the New Year; R & R Down Under; Back to Reality; Looking for Trouble
Much has been written about America's war in Vietnam, and an enduring and troubling subtext is the composition of the body of soldiers that made up the US troop deployment. This is the author's personal record of experiencing what the military should do best, and what it becomes when esprit de corps, discipline, and a sense of purpose decay
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 174 pages)
ISBN:0817380329
9780817380328

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