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The Only War We Had. A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam.
Michael Lee Lanning
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Description for The Only War We Had. A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam.
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
In my year in Vietnam, I walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Delta, searching for the elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted my way through the triple-canopy jungle, fighting the North Vietnamese Regulars...I sweated, thirsted, hunted, killed. Somewhere in all my experiences, I overlapped the situations of nearly every infantryman and many others who served. Michael Lee Lanning's journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of ... Read more
In my year in Vietnam, I walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Delta, searching for the elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted my way through the triple-canopy jungle, fighting the North Vietnamese Regulars...I sweated, thirsted, hunted, killed. Somewhere in all my experiences, I overlapped the situations of nearly every infantryman and many others who served. Michael Lee Lanning's journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Series
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585446049
SKU
V9781585446049
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About Michael Lee Lanning
MICHAEL LEE LANNING, who retired from a career in the U.S. Army in 1988, was awarded the bronze star for valor with two oak-leaf clusters and numerous other decorations for his service in Vietnam. Author of over a dozen books on military history, he lives in Phoenix.
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