Troubled Hero: A Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the War at Home
Author:   Randy K. Mills
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253347954


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   21 September 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Troubled Hero: A Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the War at Home


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Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. As a conscientious objector, Kays did not carry any weapons, but his actions during that engagement would earn him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet Kays' valor came during just another unheralded fire fight near the end of a long and seemingly fruitless war. He returned home and, with other vets, struggled to reconcile his anti-war beliefs with what he and others had done in Vietnam. This dramatic and tragic story is a timely reminder of the price of war and the fragile comforts of peace.

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Author:   Randy K. Mills
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780253347954


ISBN 10:   0253347955
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   21 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: I'd Give My Immortal Soul for That Medal Part I 1. Down in Egypt 2. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? 3. A Party School 4. I Felt I Was Born That Weekend 5. Maybe I Can Help Somebody Part II 6. My Life Changed Forever 7. They Stood Alone 8. Just a Damn Piece of Metal 9. Back in the World Appendixes Notes Note on Sources Bibliography Index

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Randy K. Mills is Professor of the Social Sciences at Oakland City University and author of Unexpected Journey: A Marine Corps Reserve Company in the Korean War; Those Who Paid the Price: Forgotten Voices from the Korean War; and Jonathan Jennings: Indiana's First Governor. He lives in Oakland City, Indiana.

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