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Eagle Days: A Marine Legal/Infantry Officer in Vietnam
Mr. Donald W. Griffis
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Description for Eagle Days: A Marine Legal/Infantry Officer in Vietnam
Hardcover. Much has been written about America's war in Vietnam, and an enduring and troubling subtext is the composition of the body of soldiers that made up the US troop deployment. This is the authors personal record of experiencing what the military should do best, and what it becomes when esprit de corps, discipline, and a sense of purpose decay. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
This is a unique view of the War in Vietnam. Much has been written about America's war in Vietnam, and an enduring and troubling subtext is the composition of the body of soldiers that made up the U.S. troop deployment: from the initially well-trained and disciplined group of largely elite units that served in the mid-sixties to what has been termed an ""armed mob"" by the end of that decade and into the early 1970s. Drug use, insubordination, racial antagonism that often became violent, theft and black market dealing, and even ""fragging"" (murder of officers and senior noncoms by disgruntled ... Read more
This is a unique view of the War in Vietnam. Much has been written about America's war in Vietnam, and an enduring and troubling subtext is the composition of the body of soldiers that made up the U.S. troop deployment: from the initially well-trained and disciplined group of largely elite units that served in the mid-sixties to what has been termed an ""armed mob"" by the end of that decade and into the early 1970s. Drug use, insubordination, racial antagonism that often became violent, theft and black market dealing, and even ""fragging"" (murder of officers and senior noncoms by disgruntled ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817315788
SKU
V9780817315788
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About Mr. Donald W. Griffis
Don W. Griffis served in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine Corps legal officer and platoon leader in 1968-69, when that conflict was at its height, primarily in the heavily populated coastal Da Nang region. He is now a practicing attorney in San Angelo, Texas.
Reviews for Eagle Days: A Marine Legal/Infantry Officer in Vietnam
As a former Marine officer who served a tour in Vietnam from 1967-68 with the 3rd Marine Division below the DMZ, I found the manuscript extremely interesting At times, I found it hard to put down. The author is an excellent writer and story teller. His writing style is crystal clear, interspersed with subtle witticisms that had me chuckling out ... Read more