A Soldiers Journey To Vietnam And Back

Author : Paul Walters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781982214425
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Journey to Vietnam and Back written by Paul Walters and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the journey a young man took to find his identity. He had a strong sense of patriotism and believed that his path was toward the military and service in Vietnam. He subsequently enlisted in the army and volunteered to fight in Vietnam. After serving his one-year tour as a grunt, he volunteered to extend his tour and flew as a door gunner on a helicopter gunship. When he returned to the states, he became a drill sergeant, training solders to serve in combat in Vietnam. The book chronicles the young man's journey from boyhood to a man. His experiences in Vietnam helped to shape the man he became.

Author : Paul Walters
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982214414
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Soldier’s Journey to Vietnam and Back written by Paul Walters and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the journey a young man took to find his identity. He had a strong sense of patriotism and believed that his path was toward the military and service in Vietnam. He subsequently enlisted in the army and volunteered to fight in Vietnam. After serving his one-year tour as a grunt, he volunteered to extend his tour and flew as a door gunner on a helicopter gunship. When he returned to the States, he became a drill sergeant, training soldiers to serve in combat in Vietnam. The book chronicles the young man’s journey from boyhood to a man. His experiences in Vietnam helped shape the man he became.

Author : George Graves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988619487
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Journey written by George Graves and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 months - 26 days, Always anxiety, Sometimes life, Sometimes death, Sometimes invisible wounds. George Graves relives his journey with this masterfully chronicled account beginning with AIT, (advanced infantry training for jungle warfare) and ends with the departure from Cam Ranh, Vietnam. Your mind's eye will see what he saw as his everyday experiences come to life: the tunnel in AIT, close call in the "3 holer," 12 on recon waiting for 3000 to attack, the TET offensive, and many more. If you watched MASH, don't miss this book. (the book Includes over 70 pictures).

Author : Claude Anshin Thomas
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834823297
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Hell's Gate written by Claude Anshin Thomas and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this raw and moving memoir, Claude Thomas describes his service in Vietnam, his subsequent emotional collapse, and his remarkable journey toward healing. At Hell's Gate is not only a gripping coming-of-age story but a spiritual travelogue from the horrors of combat to the discovery of inner peace—a journey that inspired Thomas to become a Zen monk and peace activist who travels to war-scarred regions around the world. "Everyone has their Vietnam," Thomas writes. "Everyone has their own experience of violence, calamity, or trauma." With simplicity and power, this book offers timeless teachings on how we can all find healing, and it presents practical guidance on how mindfulness and compassion can transform our lives. This expanded edition features: • Discussion questions for reading groups • A new afterword by the author reflecting on how the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are affecting soldiers—and offering advice on how to help returning soldiers to cope with their combat experiences

Author : George E. Brummell
Publisher : George Brummell
ISBN 13 : 9780978891701
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shades of Darkness written by George E. Brummell and published by George Brummell. This book was released on 2006 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harold G. Moore
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061982830
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Are Soldiers Still written by Harold G. Moore and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Powerful. . . . A candid, highly informative, and heartfelt tale of forgiveness between former fierce enemies in the Vietnam War.” —St. Petersburg Times The #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young brought to life one of the most pivotal and heartbreaking battles of the Vietnam War. In this powerful sequel, Lt. Gen Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway bring us up to date on the cadre of soldiers introduced in their first memoir. Returning to Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley more than four decades after the battle, Moore and Galloway renew their relationships with ten American veterans of the fabled conflict—and with former adversaries—exploring how the war changed them all, as well as their two countries. We Are Soldiers Still is an emotional journey back to hallowed ground, putting a human face on warfare as the authors reflect on war’s devastating cost. The book includes an Introduction by Gen H. Norman Schwarzkopf.

Author : Michael Adas
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190455873
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyman in Vietnam written by Michael Adas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyman in Vietnam: A Soldier's Journey into the Quagmire by Michael Adas and Joseph Gilch interweaves a macro perspective of American foreign policy during the war, with the individual-level perspective of one of the many soldiers who lived and died in the "quagmire." This unique perspective is made possible through the personal letters of Private James "Jimmy" Gilch, the late uncle of co-author, Joseph Gilch. Throughout his time on the ground in Vietnam, Jimmy sent dozens of letters back to his family in New Jersey, which detailed everything from the brutal, callous nature of basic training to the daily life of a GI in the jungles of Vietnam. Fascinated by these letters from an early age, Joseph Gilch poured over the nearly 80 letters ravenously. A graduate student at Rutgers University, Joseph has been working with Dr. Michael Adas to situate the story of Private Jimmy Gilch into the broader narrative of the United States' involvement in Vietnam. What comes out of this perspective is a truly remarkable and extraordinary picture of one of America's defining wars through the eyes of one of its many soldiers in a generation forever marked by the conflict."--Provided by publisher.

Author : George R. Lanigan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781518825378
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alone in the Valley written by George R. Lanigan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, George Lanigan leaves the University of Maryland and sets off on the journey of his life. He volunteers to serve his country in the Vietnam War and enlists in the army where he becomes an elite Special Forces advisor in a top-secret program. The United States is clandestinely training the Cambodian Army, Forces Armees Nationales Khmeres, and Lanigan is at the heart of the mission. In this personal memoir, LTC George R. Lanigan, USA (Retired), adapts his forty-year-old letters and correspondence to his parents into an emotionally compelling and suspenseful narrative that relates his daily life of survival and political tension. It's an inside, firsthand look at a rare, and previously classified, Vietnam War experience. But its scope reaches beyond the war itself and illuminates the realities soldiers face returning home, building a life, and even visiting war zones four decades later. Its openness and honesty will resonate with war veterans, their friends and family members, those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, and people of all ages who are interested in American history. Readers will learn about war life, a volatile political environment, and how personal experiences weave together to create the person one eventually becomes.

Author : David B. Simmons
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 146534909X
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Turn to Serve written by David B. Simmons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Turn to Serve is a memoir of one soldier’s journey through the unpopular Vietnam War. The reader will accompany him as he graduates from a small town high school, enters and drops out of college, receives his draft notice, leaves family and friends and trains as a U.S. Army infantry soldier. He will take you to the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a young rookie, and bring you back with him a seasoned veteran. You will experience life changing events and return home with a different perspective of this misreported and misunderstood War.

Author : Glyn Haynie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998209555
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldiering After The Vietnam War written by Glyn Haynie and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haynie shares his struggles and his successes, completing a 20-year career in the Army culminating as an instructor at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. His story is one that clearly demonstrates just how wrong those protestors were, and just how much our country does owe these men and women who served their country with bravery and honor.