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Ghosts and Shadows - A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (Paperback) Loot Price: R454
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Ghosts and Shadows - A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (Paperback): Phil Ball

Ghosts and Shadows - A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (Paperback)

Phil Ball

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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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Imprint: McFarland & Company
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2012
First published: November 2012
Authors: Phil Ball
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-7277-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN: 0-7864-7277-4
Barcode: 9780786472772

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