And the Tears Flowed - McCarron, William L.
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Discover the sometimes humorous, but always hazardous life of an Infantry Officer in the turbulent and deadly times William L. McCarron, and the men he commanded, experienced during their one year of combat duty in Vietnam. McCarron walks you through his enlistment into the U.S. Army at Fort Jackson, SC, through his attendance and commissioning as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant at Fort Benning, GA, and his eventual assignment in Vietnam as a Platoon Leader and then Executive Officer to B Company, 1st Battalion (ABN), 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Throughout the book, he accurately…mehr

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Discover the sometimes humorous, but always hazardous life of an Infantry Officer in the turbulent and deadly times William L. McCarron, and the men he commanded, experienced during their one year of combat duty in Vietnam. McCarron walks you through his enlistment into the U.S. Army at Fort Jackson, SC, through his attendance and commissioning as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant at Fort Benning, GA, and his eventual assignment in Vietnam as a Platoon Leader and then Executive Officer to B Company, 1st Battalion (ABN), 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Throughout the book, he accurately portrays the horrors of war as well as the heart wrenching loss he feels for the men who died serving with him.
Autorenporträt
William McCarron is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who served almost 25 years. He is also a retired Senior DoD Civilian. He spent two years in Vietnam, one as an Infantry Lieutenant and the second as a Military Intelligence Captain. On final retirement he and his wife Connie moved to South Carolina then Georgia where he still lives. They had three sons. He still enjoys playing golf and attending Vietnam Reunions. This is his first attempt as an author.