Overview

This thoughtful memoir recounts one man's transformation from a glory-seeking, gung-ho Kansas teenager to a weary, twice-wounded grunt who had volunteered for a second tour of duty. Enlisting in the Army in June 1964 at age 17, Micheal Clodfelter was assigned to an artillery battalion of the 101st Airborne Division and arrived at Cam Ranh Bay on July 29, 1965; on August 9, 1966, after having requested a transfer to the infantry, he was assigned to Charlie Company, 2/502nd Airborne, serving in Phu Yen and Kontum provinces. A second injury resulted in his medical evacuation from Vietnam on January 8, 1967. Describing the intensity of ""mad minutes"" (the general discharge of all weapons along a defense perimeter to discourage a potential enemy attack) amid the monotony, exhaustion and horror of war, Clodfelter writes of entering ""a territory from which none of us ever really returned.""

Full Product Details

Author:   Micheal Clodfelter
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780786467259

ISBN 10:   0786467258
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   31 May 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Maps Vietnam Odyssey: 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (29 July 1965–31 December 1966)      Tuy Hoa Area      Movement of 2/502nd Infantry (1 January–30 June 1967)      Prologue      Part I. Redleg 1. The General Leroy Eltinge      2. Cam Ranh Bay      3. An Khe      4. Operation Gibraltar      5. Quinhon      6. Phan Rang      7. Tuy Hoa      8. Phan Thiet and Nhon Co      9. Toumorong      10. Return to Tuy Hoa      Part II. Grunt 11. First Mission      12. Vung Ro Bay      13. Operation Seward 14. Firefight 15. Night March 16. Snipers 17. An Old Man’s Ears 18. Raiders 19. Hard Core Test 20. Operation Geronimo 21. Kontum 22. Punji Stake 23. New Year’s Truce Epilogue      Military History of Micheal Clodfelter      Index     

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Clodfelter's work is a sound presentation of a grunt's life in Nam. His war experiences force there eager to face the reality of war, to consider the meaning of it, and to realize the impact of war on America --<i>New Pages</i>.

Clodfelter's work is a sound presentation of a grunt's life in Nam. His war experiences force there eager to face the reality of war, to consider the meaning of it, and to realize the impact of war on America --New Pages.

Author Information

Micheal Clodfelter is an active member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the author of several books on military history. A researcher and consultant for the Dupuy Institute of Military History, he lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

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