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Author
Publisher
Osprey
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on the rich collection housed at the National Archives, the Center of Military History, and at the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech, [this work] allows the reader a grunt's-eye view of the conflict."--Front jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
400 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits (some color), facsimile ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp -- the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors. These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations. Some marriages were strengthened, while for others, there was all too often a dark side, leaving men and their families emotionally and spiritually battered for years to come. Focusing in on just...
Author
Publisher
Osprey Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
376 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1966, the war was still popular and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company rotated home, only 30 men were not casualties--and they were among the first vets of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protestors as they arrived back the U.S. In this book, the author examines the experiences of a company from the only division in the Vietnam era to train and deploy...
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