Overview

Faced with a 1-A draft classification after graduation from college in the spring of 1968, the author decided to control his own destiny by volunteering for the draft. Soon he was given the one job he most wanted to avoid--infantryman. This is a foot soldier's story of twelve long months in Vietnam. Assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, much of his time was spent fighting a guerrilla war along the Cambodian border during the ""Vietnamization"" program. Day-to-day platoon operations produced dread, fear, bafflement, loyalty, disillusionment and ecstasy among the men fighting and dying in the jungle. The lack of leadership, both military and political, exacerbated the conditions.

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Author:   Dennis Kitchin
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780786467297

ISBN 10:   0786467290
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Prologue      1. Sentinel      2. The Television War      3. Sweet Carolina Pine      4. Tigerland      5. Into the Abyss      6. The Wolfhounds      7. Nec Aspera Terrent?      8. New Year’s Eve      9. Black Virgin Mountain      10. Reed Revisited      11. Topic Lightning      12. A Lawyer, a Pirate, a Face      13. Rocket City      14. Bloodswirl      15. A Booby Trap      16. Diamonds      17 The Fifty Day Hard Spot      18. “Just Heathens Here”      19. Kolchek      20. The Sugar Mill      21. Putsch!      22. Phuoc Luu      23. The Sleeping Princess      24. The Trial      25. The East Has Come to Call      26. Hard Spot Harris      27. Kotrc      28. Purple Out      Military History of Dennis Kitchin      Index     

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The way [Kitchin] expresses his thoughts in this book stands above the norm...[he] writes with clarity and purpose --VVA Veteran

The way [Kitchin] expresses his thoughts in this book stands above the norm...[he] writes with clarity and purpose --The VVA Veteran

Author Information

Dennis Kitchin grew up in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the University of Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of several travel books—on the United States, Ireland and New Zealand (upcoming). He lives in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

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