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Outside the Wire
Jim Ross
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Description for Outside the Wire
Hardcover.
This is the thoughtful, action-packed memoir of one American soldier’s combat tour in Vietnam in 1970. It opens with a tense ambush patrol and doesn’t let up through a year of hair-raising night watches, soggy humps through the jungle, and deadly encounters with the North Vietnamese. The author served as a rifleman, machine gunner, tunnel rat, and demolitions man with the U.S. Army’s 25th “Tropic Lightning” Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division. His memoir focuses on the experiences of the men on the ground in Vietnam and the realities of combat, and the result is moving and unforgettable, ... Read more
This is the thoughtful, action-packed memoir of one American soldier’s combat tour in Vietnam in 1970. It opens with a tense ambush patrol and doesn’t let up through a year of hair-raising night watches, soggy humps through the jungle, and deadly encounters with the North Vietnamese. The author served as a rifleman, machine gunner, tunnel rat, and demolitions man with the U.S. Army’s 25th “Tropic Lightning” Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division. His memoir focuses on the experiences of the men on the ground in Vietnam and the realities of combat, and the result is moving and unforgettable, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811712224
SKU
V9780811712224
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Ref
99-15
About Jim Ross
Jim Ross is a travel writer and photographer with a special focus on Route 66 and Oklahoma. His writing credits include dozens of magazine articles and the book Route 66 Sightings (978-0-9677481-8-4), which was a finalist in the 2012 Next Generation INDIE Book Awards. While in Vietnam, he received the Air Medal and two Army Commendation Medals for ... Read more
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