Walter F. McDermott

Firebase Tan Tru

Memoir of an Artilleryman in the Mekong Delta, 1969-1970

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Produktbeschreibung

"Walter McDermott enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Mekong Delta in 1969--the height of the Vietnam War. A specialist with the Ninth Infantry Division, he provided artillery support to infantry patrols. His frank memoir relates the harrowing surreality of combat and traces his own metamorphosis from thoughtful undergrad to jaded veteran."--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9781476668529
• ISBN-10: 1476668523
• Artikelnr.: 50447909

Autorenporträt

Walter F. McDermott, Ph.D., a Vietnam combat veteran, is a retired clinical psychologist who treated combat PTSD veterans for nearly 30 years, mainly at the Jacksonville, Florida, Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic's Mental Health Unit. He lives in Atlantic Beach, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface
1.
Avoidable Casualties
2.
Basic Training
3.
Advanced Individual Training
4.
Arriving in Country
5.
Tan An
6.
Liaison Specialist and a Failure
7.
Air Power Support
8.
Dinner with a Wealthy Vietnamese Farmer
9.
The Helicopter War 10.
Rocket Attack 11.
Losing the War 12.
Time on Target Attack 13.
Firebase Animals 14.
Reconnaissance Platoon Tragedy 15.
Burning Shit 16.
Fragging 17.
The Food 18.
Weapons 19.
Atypical Duty 20.
Unique Nights 21.
Drugs 22.
Officers 23.
Vietnamese Enemies vs. Allies 24.
Saigon 25.
Tan An Sniper 26.
Religion 27.
Weddings 28.
Firebase Drinking Clubs 29.
Viet Cong Attacks 30.
Media Biases 31.
Coming Home 32.
Reflections Vietnam Glossary Military Service History of Walter F. McDermott Index