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Path to a Lonely War - A Naval Hospital Corpsman with the Marines in Vietnam, 1965 (Hardcover)
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Path to a Lonely War - A Naval Hospital Corpsman with the Marines in Vietnam, 1965 (Hardcover)
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Having just turned eighteen and graduated from high school, and
living in small-town Nebraska with nothing much to do, young Dick
Schaefer joined the Navy on impulse, hoping that by choosing his
branch of the military he would have some measure of control over
his future. Not fully aware of the increasing military action in
Vietnam, Schaefer found himself on a train bound for boot camp in
San Diego in late summer, 1962. Schaefer's account of his time at
boot camp is wry and rollicking. Upon graduation, he requested and
received orders to report to the U.S. Naval Hospital Corps School
in San Diego-and found that his choice of study suited him very
well. Aftercompleting his studies, again on impulse Schaefer
requested assignment to Hawai'i, assuming there must be a large
naval hospital at Pearl Harbor. In fact, there was no such
hospital-and Schaefer was assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. And
thus this young naval medical corpsman became assigned to a Marine
Corps unit for three years. "Marines and sailors didn't like each
other very much. My new tattoo would go over well!" In Spring of
1965 Schaefer's unit boarded a large troop transport ship bound for
a six-week stay in Okinawa. Then it was on to South Vietnam as part
of the fi rst contingent of American combat forces. Schaefer
recounts the terror of that fi rst beach landing, the hollow ache
of homesickness, his professionalism in handling injuries both
minor and devastating, the tragedy of friendly fi re, and his
involvement in Operation Starlite. He also offers his refl ections
on American involvement in the war, the reception of the troops as
they returned stateside, and his own reintegration into civilian
life.
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