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Ghosts and Shadows - A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (Paperback)
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Ghosts and Shadows - A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (Paperback)
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List price R642
Loot Price R466
Discovery Miles 4 660
You Save R176 (27%)
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On November 8, 1967, the author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot in San Diego, ill-prepared for the training and abuse that
awaited him in boot camp. At the time, he would have done anything
to escape; only upon reflection years later did he realize that the
self-confidence instilled in him by his drill instructors had
probably saved his life in Vietnam. A few months after boot camp,
Private Ball was shipped out to Vietnam, joining F Company, 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marines, near Khe Sanh. As an infantryman, a grunt
in the vernacular of the Corps, Ball, like the other youths of F
Company, did a very difficult and deadly job in such places as the
A Shau Valley, Leatherneck Square, the DMZ and other obscure but
critical I Corps locales. His--their--fear of death mingled with
homesickness. Little did they realize that the horrors of the
Vietnam War--horrors that while in-country they often claimed did
not even exist--would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
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