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Tears Before The Rain
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Author : Larry Engelmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Tears Before The Rain written by Larry Engelmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
CBS camera-man Mike Marriott was on the last plane to escape from Danang before it fell in the spring of 1975. The scene was pure chaos: thousands of panic-stricken Vietnamese storming the airliner, soldiers shooting women and children to get aboard first, refugees being trampled to death. Marriott remembers standing at the door of the aft stairway, which was gaping open as the plane took off. "There were five Vietnamese below me on the steps. As the nose of the aircraft came up, because of the force and speed of the aircraft, the Vietnamese began to fall off. One guy managed to hang on for a while, but at about 600 feet he let go and just floated off--just like a skydiver.... What was going through my head was, I've got to survive this, and at the same time, I've got to capture this on film. This is the start of the fall of a country. This country is gone. This is history, right here and now." In Tears Before the Rain, a stunning oral history of the fall of South Vietnam, Larry Engelmann has gathered together the testimony of seventy eyewitnesses (both American and Vietnamese) who, like Mike Marriott, capture the feel of history "right here and now." We hear the voices of nurses, pilots, television and print media figures, the American Ambassador Graham Martin, the CIA station chief Thomas Polgar, Vietnamese generals, Amerasian children, even Vietcong and North Vietnamese soldiers. Through this extraordinary range of perspectives, we experience first-hand the final weeks before Saigon collapsed, from President Thieu's cataclysmic withdrawal from Pleiku and Kontum, (Colonel Le Khac Ly, put in command of the withdrawal, recalls receiving the order: "I opened my eyes large, large, large. I thought I wasn't hearing clearly") to the last-minute airlift of Americans from the embassy courtyard and roof ("I remember when the bird ascended," says Stuart Herrington, who left on one of the last helicopters, "It banked, and there was the Embassy, the parking lot, the street lights. And the silence"). Touching, heroic, harrowing, and utterly unforgettable, these dramatic narratives illuminate one of the central events of modern history. "It was like being at Waterloo," concludes Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes. "It was so important, so historical. And today it is still very obvious that we Americans have not recovered from Vietnam....Nothing else in my lifetime was as important as that--as important as Vietnam."
Tears Before The Rain
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Author : Larry Engelmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
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Tears Before The Rain
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Author : Larry Engelmann
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1990-08-30
Tears Before The Rain written by Larry Engelmann and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-08-30 with History categories.
CBS camera-man Mike Marriott was on the last plane to escape from Danang before it fell in the spring of 1975. The scene was pure chaos: thousands of panic-stricken Vietnamese storming the airliner, soldiers shooting women and children to get aboard first, refugees being trampled to death. Marriott remembers standing at the door of the aft stairway, which was gaping open as the plane took off. "There were five Vietnamese below me on the steps. As the nose of the aircraft came up, because of the force and speed of the aircraft, the Vietnamese began to fall off. One guy managed to hang on for a while, but at about 600 feet he let go and just floated off--just like a skydiver.... What was going through my head was, I've got to survive this, and at the same time, I've got to capture this on film. This is the start of the fall of a country. This country is gone. This is history, right here and now." In Tears Before the Rain, a stunning oral history of the fall of South Vietnam, Larry Engelmann has gathered together the testimony of seventy eyewitnesses (both American and Vietnamese) who, like Mike Marriott, capture the feel of history "right here and now." We hear the voices of nurses, pilots, television and print media figures, the American Ambassador Graham Martin, the CIA station chief Thomas Polgar, Vietnamese generals, Amerasian children, even Vietcong and North Vietnamese soldiers. Through this extraordinary range of perspectives, we experience first-hand the final weeks before Saigon collapsed, from President Thieu's cataclysmic withdrawal from Pleiku and Kontum, (Colonel Le Khac Ly, put in command of the withdrawal, recalls receiving the order: "I opened my eyes large, large, large. I thought I wasn't hearing clearly") to the last-minute airlift of Americans from the embassy courtyard and roof ("I remember when the bird ascended," says Stuart Herrington, who left on one of the last helicopters, "It banked, and there was the Embassy, the parking lot, the street lights. And the silence"). Touching, heroic, harrowing, and utterly unforgettable, these dramatic narratives illuminate one of the central events of modern history. "It was like being at Waterloo," concludes Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes. "It was so important, so historical. And today it is still very obvious that we Americans have not recovered from Vietnam....Nothing else in my lifetime was as important as that--as important as Vietnam."
Before The Rain
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Author : Luisita López Torregrosa
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2012
Before The Rain written by Luisita López Torregrosa and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A seductive memoir of a life-changing affair during a time of revolution as it unfolds over a decade and across three continents, surprising both lovers with the power and urgency of love.
Saigon
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Author : Nghia M. Vo
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-08-31
Saigon written by Nghia M. Vo and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-31 with History categories.
Saigon (since 1976, officially Hồ Chi Minh City but widely still referred to as Saigon) is the largest metropolitan area in modern Vietnam and has long been the country's economic engine. This is the city's complete history, from its humble beginnings as a Khmer village in the swampy Mekong delta to its emergence as a major political, economic and cultural hub. The city's many transitions through the hands of the Chams, Khmers, Vietnamese, Chinese, French, Japanese, Americans, nationalists and communists are examined in detail, as well as the Saigon-led resistance to collectivization and the city's central role in Vietnam's perestroika-like economic reforms.
When Tears Turn To Rain
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Author : IdnAc
language : en
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Release Date : 2015-12-04
When Tears Turn To Rain written by IdnAc and has been published by LifeRich Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Tears Turn to Rain tells the personal story of a woman who, at forty, made a vow to herself to give up drinking, to pursue sobriety, and to save her own life. Based upon her journal entries, where she recorded her reflections along the way, she has crafted a sparse, unblinking, and straightforward account of her struggles and achievements along the path to living a sober life. When Tears Turn to Rain focuses on the turn toward living and away from dying that the author made. As she writes, “At the age of forty, I realized that my journey was coming to an end. By this time, I was sick and shook so badly that I should have been hospitalized. But still determined to reach my destination of Skid Row, I pedaled all the harder. In December 2012, one block before I reached Skid Row, I noticed a beautiful sign that was lit up with sunshine. Its two words were the most beautiful I had ever seen: Sobriety Place.” This is the story of what happens when she heads toward that beautiful place. This memoir reveals the details of an individual’s journey into sobriety, showing how one woman faced her addiction and changed the direction of her life.
Tears In Rain
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Author : Rosa Montero
language : en
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Release Date : 2012
Tears In Rain written by Rosa Montero and has been published by AmazonCrossing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Androids categories.
Detective Bruna Husky, a "technohuman" bioengineered to perform dangerous, undesirable tasks, has just ten years on the United States of Earth before her body self-destructs. Before that happens, can she solve the mystery of a rash of premature technohuman deaths?
Rear Admiral Larry Chambers Usn
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Author : Ric Murphy
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-01-12
Rear Admiral Larry Chambers Usn written by Ric Murphy and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-12 with History categories.
The first African-American aircraft carrier commander, Rear Admiral Lawrence Cleveland Chambers (1929- ) played a prominent role as captain of the USS Midway during the Vietnam War. During the evacuation of Saigon--known as Operation Frequent Wind--he famously ordered several UH-1 helicopters pushed overboard to make room for an escaping South Vietnamese Air Force major to land his Cessna. Chambers, who had only commanded Midway for a few weeks, gave the order believing (wrongly) that he would be court-martialed for the $10 million loss. This biography covers his early life and military career, including his role in the desegregation of the U.S. Navy during a period racial strife.
Before The Rains
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-02-23
Before The Rains written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Fiction categories.
A romantic, heart-wrenching tale of love against the odds from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author 1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband's death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza's only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she's determined to make a name for herself. But when Eliza arrives at the palace she meets Jay, the Prince's handsome, brooding brother. While Eliza awakens Jay to the poverty of his people, he awakens her to the injustices of British rule. Soon Jay and Eliza find they have more in common than they think. But their families - and society - think otherwise. Eventually they will have to make a choice between doing what's expected, or following their hearts. . .
This Is The Way It Is From The Heart
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Author : Paul Pattinson
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-12-22
This Is The Way It Is From The Heart written by Paul Pattinson and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-22 with Poetry categories.
About the Book This is the way it is from the Heart is all my Poetry from 1992 till present day. The poems relate to sadness, trauma, humour, everyday life, relationships, dark side, Environment, and Mother Nature. Something within my book could relate to you the reader. I have experienced some of the poems within this book. You should enjoy reading it may make you cry or laugh but you will enjoy reading.. Paul Pattinson