A Stateside Tour Of Duty
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A Stateside Tour Of Duty
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Author : Neil Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2018-10-12
A Stateside Tour Of Duty written by Neil Mitchell and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-12 with Fiction categories.
Nick Moultrie is drafted into the US Army at the height of the Vietnam War. By dumb luck, the new lieutenant avoids being shipped to Vietnam and is assigned to Fort Benjamin McCulloch, Texas. As a pencil pusher for the military police on base, he is safe from the mortal perils of ambushes and booby traps in Southeast Asia, yet he faces other perils almost daily in his mostly desk job stateside. His poorly disciplined unit more resembles the Keystone Cops than professional law enforcement personnel. Lieutenant Moultrie finds himself surrounded by incompetent or corrupt commanding officers, and he never knows when the mind-numbing tedium of his job will suddenly erupt into a crazy, senseless episode in which people are killed and military careers are destroyed. Nick finds refuge and solace in a few friends and honorable commanders whom he can trust. Seeking relief from loneliness, he looks up a buxom girlfriend (Samantha Starr) with whom he had a fling in college, and, while on a few days' leave, proposes to her. Soon he finds himself enjoying the pleasures and tiptoeing through the minefields of matrimony. Gradually his lust for what he first regarded as a sex object turns into genuine love for a peer and an intelligent, intuitive friend. A terrifying dream six months into her first pregnancy convinces Samantha she will die if she gives birth in the ramshackle Army hospital. She goes to live with her parents, where the dream proves prophetic as she narrowly escapes death even in the better-equipped Phoenix hospital. When a callous Red Cross official refuses to inform Nick of these developments, he explodes in anger and retribution, resulting in persecution from his superiors in command. The final insult is his being relieved of duty for a very minor infraction committed while saving the lives of his men in a shootout with an antiwar terrorist group. Nick must somehow find a way to avoid ending his military service in disgrace. As he leaves Fort McCulloch a much wiser-and jaded-man, Nick looks back on the unbelievable events he has endured. His entertaining tale is humorous, eye-opening, and unexpectedly uplifting.
Tour Of Duty
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language : en
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Tour Of Duty written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
This collection of 50 true narratives by both veterans and active duty personnel spans four wars. This is a book that delivers exceptional tales to stir patriotism, laughter and enthusiasm: - A Vietnam Veteran recounts a harrowing night hoist where his Medevac helicopter plummets to the ground. - A Marine adrift and hungry in the middle of an ocean, improvises. - A Fighter Pilot flying dangerous missions in the South Pacific learns why a dog really is a man's best friend.
Tour Of Duty
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Author : Douglas Brinkley
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Tour Of Duty written by Douglas Brinkley and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of our most acclaimed historians explores the decorated military service of one of America’s most intriguing politicians—the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2004—and its profound effects on his career and life In Tour of Duty, Brinkley explores Senator John Kerry’s career and deftly deals with such explosive issues as U.S. atrocities in Vietnam and the bombing of Cambodia. Using new information acquired from the recently released Nixon tapes, Brinkley reveals how White House aides Charles Colson and H.R. Haldeman tried to discredit Kerry. Refusing to be intimidated, Kerry started running for public office, eventually becoming a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Covering more than four decades, this is the first full-scale definitive account of Kerry’s journey from war to peace. In writing this riveting, action-packed narrative, Brinkley has drawn on extensive interviews with virtually everyone who knew Kerry well in Vietnam. Kerry also relegated to Brinkley his letters home from Vietnam and his voluminous “war notes” journals, notebooks, and personal reminiscences written during and shortly after the war. This material was provided without restriction, to be used at Brinkley’s discretion, and has never before been published.
Vietnam No Regrets
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Author : J. Richard Watkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-03
Vietnam No Regrets written by J. Richard Watkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"In the 30+ years since its conclusion, countless volumes have been crafted regarding the Vietnam War - not to mention movies, television specials, and documentaries. Most of the written and visual media have done a commendable job of exploring the logistical blunders and other revealing aspects of the war itself; however, very few of them have given Vietnam the same empathic human touch as "Saving Private Ryan" so famously did for World War II. Throughout the pages of Vietnam: No Regrets, author and Vietnam veteran J. Richard Watkins steps directly in the gap and fills that void in standout fashion. A heart-wrenching memoir recounted in an unfiltered, no-holds-barred manner, Vietnam: No Regrets takes the reader straight into the heart of one of the most controversial extended episodes in our nation's history, painting the gruesome conflict in a graphic, vivid light - undeniably real and raw. Kendra Carroll, Apex Reviews _______________________________________ This is your opportunity to share this once in a lifetime adventure. Are you ready to walk by my side, as my tour of duty in Vietnam unfolds? If so, then pick up your weapon and grab your gear, for we're getting ready to move out in search of the enemy and I promise you this will be one year you will never forget. Great, now let's move out J. Richard Watkins
Release
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Author : United States. Federal Service Impasses Panel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Release written by United States. Federal Service Impasses Panel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Arbitration, Industrial categories.
Newsletter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Newsletter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Newsletter
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Newsletter written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
News Letter
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Author : United States. Dept. of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
News Letter written by United States. Dept. of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Department Of State News Letter
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Department Of State News Letter written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Aces Of The 325th Fighter Group
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Author : Tom Ivie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-20
Aces Of The 325th Fighter Group written by Tom Ivie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-20 with History categories.
The 325th FG was activated under General Order number 50 on 30 July 1942 and set up training operations at Theodore F Greene Field in Providence, Rhode Island. By mid-December 1942 the group was considered ready for combat and the alert for overseas duty arrived on 2 January 1943. The pilots and their P-40s departed on the carrier USS Ranger on 8 January and flew their aircraft off the vessel into Cazes airfield, near Casablanca, on 19 January 1943. After the remainder of the personnel arrived in late February, the group prepared for combat, and finally flew its first mission on 17 April 1943 as part of the Twelfth Air Force. During the next four months it participated in the North African campaign, and operations against enemy-held islands in the Mediterranean Sea. By the end of the Sicilian campaign on 17 August the 325th FG had scored 128 aerial victories, been the first P-40 unit to deliver 1,000-lb bombs against enemy targets and had escorted 1,100 bombers without losing a single one of them to enemy action.