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Tour Of Duty
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Author : John Dos Passos
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1982-08-25
Tour Of Duty written by John Dos Passos and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-08-25 with History categories.
During the war, Dos Passos visits and studies conditions in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, the Caroline Islands, the Philippines, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Australia. Of great concern to the author as he explores postwar Europe is the responsible brokering of the peace.
A Tour Of Duty
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Author : George L. McCaskill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-17
A Tour Of Duty written by George L. McCaskill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with categories.
The novel opens in late May, the day after Sgt. Gary Maxwell lands on Fire Support Base Stinson southwest of Chu Lai. He has been assigned to first platoon, Delta Company, 1/52 Battalion, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV).Maxwell begins writing about what life in the field, in the "bush", is like. He doesn't consciously set out to write a journal but that's what it turns into as day after day he finds himself with more time on his hands than he can use in any other way. He also writes letters and reads quite a bit. The story is a mesh of funny incidents, sudden tragedies and details which interest Maxwell, details such as how the Vietnamese people live, what the country looks and feels like and how his fellow soldiers think and react in various situations. As month after month passes, Maxwell evolves from FNG (Fucking New Guy) to field wise veteran. In early October he's surprised to hear of the plane crash in Colorado which killed the entire Wichita State football team. He relearns what he always knew, that death, unfair death happens in the "world" (the United States) too. In November, Maxwell's platoon is treated to some homemade whiskey by a papasan in whose hooch they are staying. They have a great time in this village and even take up a collection of extra c-rations to give to a girl who lives in the village who's to marry a local VC as soon as Maxwell's platoon clears out the area. Most of the guys in Maxwell's platoon hold no hard feelings towards the Viet Cong or the Vietnamese villagers.Finally, in late December, Maxwell receives orders to report to Chu Lai for a job in the headquarters of his battalion. The war is over for him and he leaves the "bush" behind him the same way all the soldiers who have gone before him have, alone.
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.
Tour Of Duty
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Author : Constantine Nomikos Vaporis
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2009-11-12
Tour Of Duty written by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-12 with History categories.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Alternate attendance (sankin kotai) was one of the central institutions of Edo-period (1603-1868) Japan and one of the most unusual examples of a system of enforced elite mobility in world history. It required the daimyo to divide their time between their domains and the city of Edo, where they waited upon the Tokugawa shogun. Based on a prodigious amount of research in both published and archival primary sources, Tour of Duty renders alternate attendance as a lived experience, for not only the daimyo but also the samurai retainers who accompanied them. Beyond exploring the nature of travel to and from the capital as well as the period of enforced bachelorhood there, Constantine Vaporis elucidates-for the first time-the significance of alternate attendance as an engine of cultural, intellectual, material, and technological exchange. Vaporis argues against the view that cultural change simply emanated from the center (Edo) and reveals more complex patterns of cultural circulation and production taking place between the domains and Edo and among distant parts of Japan. What is generally known as "Edo culture" in fact incorporated elements from the localities. In some cases, Edo acted as a nexus for exchange; at other times, culture traveled from one area to another without passing through the capital. As a result, even those who did not directly participate in alternate attendance experienced a world much larger than their own. Vaporis begins by detailing the nature of the trip to and from the capital for one particular large-scale domain, Tosa, and its men and goes on to analyze the political and cultural meanings of the processions of the daimyo and their extensive entourages up and down the highways. These parade-like movements were replete with symbolic import for the nature of early modern governance. Later chapters are concerned with the physical and social environment experienced by the daimyo's retainers in Edo; they also address the question of who went to Edo and why, the network of physical spaces in which the domainal samurai lived, the issue of staffing, political power, and the daily lives and consumption habits of retainers. Finally, Vaporis examines retainers as carriers of culture, both in a literal and a figurative sense. In doing so, he reveals the significance of travel for retainers and their identity as consumers and producers of culture, thus proposing a multivalent model of cultural change.
Afghanistan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Third Millennium Information
Release Date : 2009
Afghanistan written by and has been published by Third Millennium Information this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Afghan War, 2001- categories.
An unforgettable portfolio of more than 100 color and black and white images documenting ordinary British soldiers on a routine tour of duty in Afghanistan
A Stateside Tour Of Duty
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Author : Neil Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-04-03
A Stateside Tour Of Duty written by Neil Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-03 with Drama categories.
Drafted into the Army at the height of the Vietnam War, Nick Moultrie is assigned to Fort McCullogh, Texas. Despite the relative safety from war and monotony of stateside work, he experiences crazy senseless episodes where people are killed and military carers destroyed. He marries and his wife almost dies with the birth of their first child when he is away. He seeks retribution against a callous Red Cross official which results in persecution from senior officers. He then saves lives in a shootout with an antiwar terrorist group and is relieved of duty for a very minor infraction. Nick must somehow avoid ending his military service in disgrace.
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 198?
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 198? with Television scripts categories.
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
Tours Of Duty
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Author : Michael Lee Lanning
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Tours Of Duty written by Michael Lee Lanning and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with History categories.
These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts—stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hills, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war. Raw, often gut-wrenching, sometimes funny, these war stories describe slices of individual tours of duty, from the firefights to the friendships, and capture the kaleidoscope of the American experience in Vietnam.
Tour Of Duty
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Author : Jan D. Hendrix
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Tour Of Duty written by Jan D. Hendrix and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Fiction categories.
When Mark, an American soldier serving in Germany in the early 1950s, meets Lauren, a young German girl, their lives change forever. But love is never easy, and for these two it may well be impossible. In a world still reeling from the horrors of war and genocide, the budding love between a Jewish soldier and a German Catholic girl is controversial and dangerous. It is a time in history that demands the same dedication and focus on duty as in the war years. Both of the lovers are pressured from all sides, and each feels the impossibility of their lovebut neither can deny or forget it. Mark is faced with military duty, a possible court martial, and a threatening sociopath. Lauren is expected to play the role of the dutiful German daughter who follows the path dictated by her father. In addition to her obligations to her father, she is expected to focus only on school, work, her church, and her duty to country. Their very different backgrounds stand as obstacles they cant disregard. Neither is so nave as to ignore the considerable cultural and societal pressure they face. But the heart does not always listen to logic, and soon they are irresistibly drawn togethercome what may. Despite all the many forces they face, can they find the strength to stay together in a world that propels them apart?