1st Air Cavalry Lieutenant Joe Abodeely shipped off to Vietnam at
the beginning and height of the Tet Offensive in January 1968. He
kept a diary and wrote letters home recounting his experiences in
real time about the patrols, the combat air assaults, the
discomfort, the anxiety, the elation during major military
operations, and his experiences with the Vietnamese people. The
year-1968-was one of the most volatile years in Vietnam. It was an
interesting year, a year of idealism, a year of protest, a year of
sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll-the bloodiest year of the war. In the
U.S., antiwar protests raged; there was rioting at the Democratic
National Convention; the Women's Liberation Movement progressed;
the Civil Rights Movement was in full force; and Martin Luther King
and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. Young men waited with great
anxiety for announcements from the lottery. Some got drafted or
enlisted. Others protested against the war, burned their draft
cards, or ran off to Canada. Two-thirds of those who served in
Vietnam enlisted; one-third was drafted. The NVA were great
fighters. They fought the Japanese, later the French, and now the
Americans. But the U.S. soldiers were better. It is a truism that
the U.S. won nearly 100% of their actions in combat and controlled
the areas they chose to control. "Dear Mom and Dad, Love From
Vietnam," will allow you to experience the Vietnam War from the
eyes of someone who lived through it and recorded actions and
events in real time in a year-long diary and in over 50 letters.
Abodeely went to Vietnam to help the South Vietnamese people fight
the Communist invasion from North Vietnam and Communist Vietcong
insurgents. He writes: "There is no 'one' Vietnam experience-there
are as many as there are those who went to Vietnam-but this is
mine-the combat, the excitement, the discomfort, the fear, the
accomplishments, the hubris, the politics, the challenges, and the
sex. This is 1968-MY Vietnam experience. "The Vietnam War was just,
legal, and truly to defend the freedom of the South Vietnamese. The
American military won the Tet Offensive in 1968; brought the war to
a successful end in January 1973; and left Vietnam promising to
logistically support the South Vietnamese if the North invaded
again. Watergate occurred; a newly elected Democrat Congress ended
all funding to South Vietnam. The Communist North invaded and took
over South Vietnam. These are facts. "Those who say they care about
veterans should speak out and show their appreciation for the
service of our nation's largest group of living veterans-Vietnam
veterans. I have a personal mission to educate everyone about the
Vietnam War-its history, its reasons, its battles, its soldiers'
heroism and accomplishments, its politics, and the shameful conduct
of those who maligned an entire generation who honorably served
their country." "Dear Mom and Dad, Love From Vietnam" is a
must-read for anyone interested in a true, on the spot account of
action and experience of a 1st Air Cavalry combat unit commander in
the Vietnam War.
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