Edgar Doleman

Arlen's Gun (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel of War in Vietnam - a Journey from Alienation to Brotherhood

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Arlen's Gun" centers on an alienated and angry young man from the worst streets of Baltimore. The Vietnam War is raging and certain to be drafted, he's persuaded by a friend to avoid that fate by volunteering for the Air Force. They escape the draft but both end up in Vietnam, his friend in an administrative job while he is assigned as a gunner on an AC-47 gunship. His attitude isolates him from other crew members, and the nature of the gunship's mission keeps the harsh realities of war remote until his plane is hit and crash lands in no-man's land. It is the monsoon season, the weather grounds rescue helicopters, and the crew is rescued by an Army unit. Events strand the airman with his rescuers, soon caught up in desperate battles where the airman finds himself a key to their survival and gradually discovers in his rescuers a path from self-centered alienation to brotherhood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edgar Doleman
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781960093899
• Artikelnr.: 70031991

Autorenporträt

Edgar Doleman had a career in the Army as an infantry officer, serving in various posts in the U.S., Berlin, Korea, and Vietnam. Just prior to his first tour in Vietnam, he led a basic training company overseeing young draftees and volunteers as they transitioned from being civilians to being soldiers; from being kids to being men. During the war he commanded an infantry company of such young men, served on a division intelligence staff and as an advisor to a South Vietnamese infantry battalion. After his service, he wrote "The Tools of War," one of the Time-Life series "The Vietnam Experience." On retiring from a second career, he felt an urge to write about the war, not so much about his experience in the war but about the amazing character of those who fought it, resulting in "Arlen's Gun."