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Ghosts of Vietnam - A Private's Story (Paperback)
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Ghosts of Vietnam - A Private's Story (Paperback)
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Loot Price R546
Discovery Miles 5 460
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Ghosts of Vietnam: A private's story is not a story about combat.
It follows the life of the author thru his two] years in the
service from basic training to Vietnam. The only combat situations
described in his book are incidents that had a direct effect on
him. He tells of the effort to overcome his fear of height and
achieve his goal to become a paratrooper, and the pranks that
occurred during jumps. The attempts to have him transferred to a
non-infantry unit in New Jersey, and the trouble that followed when
he refused to sign the papers. The eighteen day journey to Vietnam
aboard a ship and the trouble he got into there. His arrival in
Vietnam under house arrest and the incidents that followed leading
up to his court-martial. The time spent in the stockade, the people
he met there, and the racial trouble that took place. Highlighted
are the deaths caused by stupidity, arrogance and fear of his
company leaders. AWOL in Saigon for four days and how he managed to
survive using the black market His long journey home and the things
he realized along the way, and finally his arrival home.
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