Author: Rod Jordan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493187066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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When I was young, like so many other young men of my generation, I gave our country what we thought was our obligation to our country. Like the generation of our fathers and the generation that came after us. I never minded a persons belief in being against the war in Vietnam. But they forgot that the ones that served were good people too. They found us in contempt. But they were wrong. We did what this generation is doing in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no difference. Things have changed over the years and people now thank us for our service as they do the new generation. That is nice, and should be said. The misnomer that we lost the war is not accurate. We won every major battle in Vietnam we fought. Often times out-numbered. The Communists only fought major battles when they had the advantage. The Tet offensive of 1968 hurt them severely, completely wiping out the V.C. Army and making the N.V.A. Army rebuild. If North Vietnam would have honored the peace treaty, it would have been like the Korean War with the south and the north. America did not though support South Vietnam after our troops moved out. Congress did not appropriate funds to the South Vietnamese government. But I think our country could no longer fund in money and lives. It always would come down to that. Stats of Marines in Vietnam: 26% casualty rate. Highest of any combat group in South Vietnam.
Author: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
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Category : Industrial relations
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Author: Walter Williams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456751212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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From an innocent country boy to the jungles of Viet Nam and Africa. A life filled with adventure, danger and death. The emotional rollercoaster of being a soldier doing his job to perhaps crossing the line. The struggle from within to justify his lifestyle to the pulpit of an evangelist. A story of one mans climb from hell to a life much different and his struggle to keep his past life in the past.
Author: Arthur Wiknik
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1935149679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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A candid memoir of being sent to Vietnam at age nineteen, witnessing the carnage of Hamburger Hill, and returning to an America in turmoil. Arthur Wiknik was a teenager from New England when he was drafted into the US Army in 1968, shipping out to Vietnam early the following year. Shortly after his arrival on the far side of the world, he was assigned to Camp Evans near the northern village of Phong Dien, only thirty miles from Laos and North Vietnam. On his first jungle patrol, his squad killed a female Viet Cong who turned out to have been the local prostitute. It was the first dead person he had ever seen. Wiknik's account of life and death in Vietnam includes everything from heavy combat to faking insanity to get some R & R. He was the first in his unit to reach the top of Hamburger Hill, and between sporadic episodes of combat, he mingled with the locals; tricked unwitting US suppliers into providing his platoon with hard-to-get food; defied a superior and was punished with a dangerous mission; and struggled with himself and his fellow soldiers as the antiwar movement began to affect them. Written with honesty and sharp wit by a soldier who was featured on a recent History Channel documentary about Vietnam, Nam Sense spares nothing and no one in its attempt to convey what really transpired for the combat soldier during this unpopular war. It is not about glory, mental breakdowns, flashbacks, or self-pity. The GIs Wiknik lived and fought with during his yearlong tour were not drug addicts or war criminals or gung-ho killers. They were there to do their duty as they were trained, support their comrades—and get home alive. Recipient of an Honorable Mention from the Military Writers Society of America.
Author: James Lewis
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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Angels and demons are real, and they are fighting for your soul as you read this. An angel named Artemas awakens in heaven to find Mishael, a principality angel, standing by. He quickly begins to explain where she is and what she must begin to do. Heaven captivates the attention of Artemas, often causing her mind to wander off during training. Mishael immediately understands that keeping this trainee focused isn't going to be easy. Artemas is tasked with assisting humans to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. She is delighted at the opportunity. However, once she leaves heaven's atmosphere, she is exposed to the army of darkness. Fierce battles between angels and demons rage constantly around her while she accompanies Mishael for some serious on-the-job training. Mishael and Artemas witness a woman named Ethel Poirier being saved. This serves as an example of the final step in every assignment Artemas is given. Artemas is then taken to her first assignment, Dustin Stillwell. After many bad experiences in his life, Dustin is addicted to pain medication, selling drugs, and has turned away from God completely. In learning that Dustin has three days left to live, Artemas frantically begins to battle for his soul against the demons trying to take it for themselves. She finds out just how difficult it can be to steer the human heart back to God after so much time is spent away from Him. Using her heavenly powers and the mentorship of Mishael, Artemas gets to work. At times, Artemas feels overwhelmed by the complexities of her assignment--raging heavenly battles, constant demon attacks, the obliviousness of humans, and of learning all about herself. Will she be able to save Dustin's poor soul? Or will he be lost to the darkness?
Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Category : World politics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Author: Dorothy H. McDaniel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936488483
Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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As an American asked to serve, I was prepared to fight, to be wounded, to be captured and even prepared to die, but I was not prepared to be abandoned. It is that one American is not worth the effort to be found, we, as Americans, have lost. These are the words of Captain Eugene Red McDaniel, who for six years was prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. For three of those years, he was listed missing in action. During those tumultuous years, his wife Dorothy McDaniel clung to her faith, knowing that he was still alive. It was her fight to find information on her POW husband, and his subsequent release from a North Vietnam prison that prompted them both to fight to have the United States government conduct search and rescue missions for prisoners they believed were still being held. In this 20th anniversary edition of After the Hero's Welcome, read the story that shows the war didn't end for either Dorothy or her husband when he was released. The war on behalf of the many POWs still in North Vietnam prisons was just getting started.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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The official monthly record of United States foreign policy.
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Author: Nicole Frank
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836825091
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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An overview of the country of Greece, discussing its geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture.
