Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 2 - Brown, William F
24,99 €
inkl. MwSt.

Versandfertig in 1-2 Wochen
  • Broschiertes Buch

Want to know what Vietnam was really like? 60 Stories, 271 photographs, and 4.6 Stars on over 100 customer reviews. From a Marine sniper in Hue, to a medevac dust-off pilot going into a hot LZ, Navy Corpsmen, A-6 pilots taking out bridges and SAM sites in North Vietnam, a nurse on the USS Repose, combat medics deep in the jungle, machine gunners in I-Corps, mechanics working on the rolling deck of a big carrier on Yankee Station, squad leaders on infantry sweeps in "the Arizona Territory," truck convoys under fire, riverine patrol boats in the Delta, Coast Guard "Jolly Green" search and rescue…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
Want to know what Vietnam was really like? 60 Stories, 271 photographs, and 4.6 Stars on over 100 customer reviews. From a Marine sniper in Hue, to a medevac dust-off pilot going into a hot LZ, Navy Corpsmen, A-6 pilots taking out bridges and SAM sites in North Vietnam, a nurse on the USS Repose, combat medics deep in the jungle, machine gunners in I-Corps, mechanics working on the rolling deck of a big carrier on Yankee Station, squad leaders on infantry sweeps in "the Arizona Territory," truck convoys under fire, riverine patrol boats in the Delta, Coast Guard "Jolly Green" search and rescue helicopters pulling downed pilots from the jungle, tank platoons in an all-out armor assault, Loach pilots in hunter-killer teams, and many more -- from the Delta to the DMZ, this book puts you in their boots. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some were true war heroes, but most were just trying to survive. As everyone "in-country" knew, Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and start reading, anywhere in the book. The stories are like Doritos. Try a few and you won't be able to stop. The Vietnam War was the seminal event of my generation and affected so many lives. Over 58,200 of us paid the ultimate price, but the war didn't end when the last US helicopter lifted off from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. It continues to take its ugly toll on many who did come home. Instead of bands and parades, we got PTSD and Agent Orange, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, neuropathy, leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, and prostate cancer, and many more. As they say, "Vietnam is the gift that keeps on giving." Unfortunately, what little our kids and grandkids know of the war comes from books that only focus on one soldier, one unit, and one year, or movies like Oliver Stone's Platoon and Hamburger Hill, leaving people to think that all we did was crawl through the jungle on the Cambodian border smoking dope. But that wasn't how most of us spent our year. In February, I published Volume 1. Due to the amazing response it received from vets and their families, I'm publishing Volume 2, with even more interesting, exciting, and informative stories. Hopefully, they will help correct that narrative.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Autorenporträt
Ich komme aus Chicago und habe von der University of Illinois einen BA in Geschichte und russischen Regionalstudien sowie einen Master in Stadtplanung erworben. Ich diente als Kompaniechef der US-Armee in Vietnam und engagierte mich in der lokalen und regionalen Politik. Als Vizepräsident der Immobilientochtergesellschaft eines Fortune-500-Unternehmens bereiste ich viel Europa, Russland, China und den Nahen Osten - Orte, die in meinen Texten erwähnt wurden. Ich spiele schlechtes Golf, bin ein verbissener Läufer geworden und male passable Landschaften in Öl und Acryl. Meine Frau und ich sind im Ruhestand und leben in Florida. Der beste Weg, meine Arbeit zu verfolgen und mehr über Verkäufe und Gratisgeschenke zu erfahren, ist meine Website http://www.billbrownthrillernovels.com, die Vorschaukapitel zu jedem meiner Romane, Interviews, Buchrezensionen und andere Links enthält.