Godfrey Garner

Brothers in the Mekong Delta

A Memoir of PBR Section 513 in the Vietnam War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Following the Tet Offensive, a shift in U.S. naval strategy in 1967-1968 saw young men fresh out of high school policing the canals and tributaries of South Vietnam aboard PBRs (patrol boat, riverine)--unarmored yet heavily armed and highly maneuverable vessels designed to operate in shallow, weedy waterways. This memoir recounts the experiences of the author and his shipmates as they cruised the Viet Cong-occupied backwaters of the Mekong Delta, and their emotional metamorphosis as wartime events shaped the men they would be for the remainder of their lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9781476681535
• ISBN-10: 1476681538
• Artikelnr.: 63001059

Autorenporträt

Following two tours in Viet Nam in 1967 and 68, and a lengthy break in military service, Godfrey Garner rejoined and eventually retired from 20th Special Forces group in 2006. During his second period of military service with 2/20 SFG, he completed two military tours in Afghanistan. He has published more than fifty professional articles in Homeland Security Today, Journal of American Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Journal on issues relating to counterterrorism, mostly centering on Afghanistan. He is a permanent faculty professor at Mississippi College, as well as adjunct at Tulane University and Belhaven University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: A Few Short Notes from Yesterday Prologue
1.
First Breath
2.
Bonding: Rite of Passage
3.
Virginity Patrol: Move Out and Draw Fire
4.
The Wide End of the Funnel
5.
Kindergarten
6.
He Was Just Like Me
7.
Ghost Patrol
8.
A New Normal
9.
Learning to Be Violent 10.
"We have to know we're right" 11.
Just Cops on the Beat 12.
All's Well If You Can See Past the Trees 13.
Simple Little Spaces for Reflection 14.
Things We Should Have Said 15.
A Slightly Skewed Sort of Balance 16.
An Everlasting Thanksgiving Memory 17.
Tet: End of the Simple Push-Pull 18.
Drums and Bugles 19.
Post Tet: A New Ballgame 20.
Anatomy of a Firefight 21.
SEAL PBR Operations: Just Do It 22.
Occasionally Out of the Bush 23.
The Medicine Was Definitely Worse 24.
A Most Well-known Monkey 25.
The "Right" and the "Good" 26.
A Strange Maturity 27.
Clarity of Vision Reserved for One 28.
Always Begin with "You Ain't Gonna Believe This Shit" 29.
Counterinsurgency: Two Beaux Wooing the Same Girl 30.
So, What Do We Do Now? Index