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Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Real stories and real people, in their own words, caught up in an all too real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. This is volume 2 of a 4 volume series, but they are not just more war books. They tell the personal stories of 100 veterans, men and women, who served there. The Vietnam War dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some became war heroes, intentional or not, but most of us were just trying to survive. As we all knew, Vietnam was all about…mehr

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Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Real stories and real people, in their own words, caught up in an all too real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. This is volume 2 of a 4 volume series, but they are not just more war books. They tell the personal stories of 100 veterans, men and women, who served there. The Vietnam War dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some became war heroes, intentional or not, but most of us were just trying to survive. As we all knew, Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. And there were hundreds of different wars depending on where you were, the year you were there, your service, branch, unit, rank, job, and race. Whether we were truck drivers, helicopter pilots, infantryman, clerk typists, medics, engineers, MPs, sailors out on Yankee station, artillerymen, or cooks, from 1956 to 1976 from the Delta to the DMZ. They tell who we were the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place, how it changed us, and what we did after we came home. That's the diversity of experience you'll find in this book. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and you will. Like Doritos, try a few and you won't be able to stop. From a Marine ambulance driver at Khe Sanh, Special Ops troops fighting a guerrilla war against the VC and NVA, Recon pilots, artillerymen on Christmas Eve, a Navy seaman below decks fighting a catastrophic fire on the USS Oriskany, a New Zealand artillery unit firing round after round to stop an NVA assault, Marine Corpsmen saving the wounded under fire, patrolling the jungle with New Zealand infantry, walking into Khe Sanh with the 1st Cav as they broke the siege, riding in an APC with the armored cav across the hills in I Corps, being shot down in Cambodia with a Huey pilot, plus cooks, clerks, truck drivers, and gunship pilots, combat medics, and Marine grunts and many more -- from the Delta to the DMZ and Thailand to the South China Sea, this book puts you in their boots. While most Vietnam War books only cover one guy, one unit, one place, and one year, spanning all the war years from 1962 to 1975. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some were legit war heroes, but most were just trying to survive. As everyone "in-country" knew, Vietnam mostly came down to luck, good or bad. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and start reading anywhere in the book.
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.