Tim Fortner, Elizabeth Ridley

Waging the War Within

A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions. He was awarded the Air Medal for heroic achievement in aerial flight. Like many veterans, his real battle didn't begin until he returned home, where he struggled to adjust to the "new normal" of American life in 1969, still haunted by his experiences during the nation's most unpopular war. His memoir describes his military training, his unit's harrowing missions inserting and extracting troops over landing zones under enemy fire, and his four-decade struggle with service-connected PTSD.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781476680682
• ISBN-10: 147668068X
• Artikelnr.: 60372595

Autorenporträt

Tim Fortner is a motorsports professional and has also pursued a career in vintage racing car restoration. He lives on the northern California coast.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Author's Note Foreword by Peter J. Berman, Ph.D., ABPP Prologue: Happy Birthday, Tim!
1.
Surfing, Sex and Justice
2.
Journalism, Sex Ed and Extra Credit
3.
Mom Dropping F-Bombs?
4.
Two New Recruits
5.
The Brutal Reality of Boot Camp
6.
Getting with the Program
7.
"I should have been on that flight"
8.
Orders for WestPac
9.
Danger Where You Least Expect It 10.
Elephant Grass, Alabama Moonshine and a Terrifying Journey to the Twilight Zone 11.
Lights and Landings 12.
Your Wingman Is Down! 13.
The Tiger Bar & Grille 14.
Thank You, Anheuser-Busch! 15.
Requiem for a Short-Timer 16.
Lieutenant Dipshit and the Exploding C-rats 17.
The Spoils of War 18.
Keeping Watch and a Painful Loss 19.
Extracting a Recon Team-When Every Second Counts 20.
Is My Luck About to Run Out? 21.
Boosting a Jeep from the Military Police 22.
Seven Lives Gone 23.
Heading Home 24.
Sometimes Your Heart Hurts 25.
Rest in Peace, Rusty 26.
The Road of No Return 27.
A Ticking Time Bomb 28.
Adding Insult to Injury 29.
A Light at the End of the Tunnel Epilogue: Coming Full Circle Appendix I: Motor Sports History Appendix II: Vintage/Historic Race History Results Appendix III: Statistics from the Vietnam War Appendix IV: HMM 262 Operations, 1968-1969 Appendix V: Timothy R. Fortner: Citations and Awards Appendix VI: Timothy R. Fortner: Military Affiliations Glossary Index