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Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir (Modern War Studies)
Frank McAdams
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Description for Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir (Modern War Studies)
Hardcover. A fast-paced and compulsively readable account of the author's experiences as a Marine Corps officer who led "Rough Rider" truck convoys to and through hot zones in the Vietnam War. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Black smoke drifted about the scene. The first thing I noticed was the huge crater yawning next to the damaged truck.
In the Vietnam War, American “rough riders” drove trucks through hostile territory delivering supplies, equipment, ammunition, weapons, fuel, and reinforcements to troops fighting on the war’s ever-shifting front lines. But, all too often, the convoys themselves became the front lines.
Frank McAdams, a Marine Corps lieutenant, learned that the hard way during a tour of duty that began right after the 1968 Tet Offensive and the siege at Khe Sanh. In this compelling memoir he recounts ... Read more
Black smoke drifted about the scene. The first thing I noticed was the huge crater yawning next to the damaged truck.
In the Vietnam War, American “rough riders” drove trucks through hostile territory delivering supplies, equipment, ammunition, weapons, fuel, and reinforcements to troops fighting on the war’s ever-shifting front lines. But, all too often, the convoys themselves became the front lines.
Frank McAdams, a Marine Corps lieutenant, learned that the hard way during a tour of duty that began right after the 1968 Tet Offensive and the siege at Khe Sanh. In this compelling memoir he recounts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700618989
SKU
V9780700618989
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About Frank McAdams
Frank McAdams, a former Fulbright Scholar, teaches cinema studies at the University of Southern California, USA and is the author of The American War Film: History and Hollywood. His screenplay Stagecoach Bravo, which was loosely based on his experiences in Vietnam, placed first in the 1979 Samuel Goldwyn Screenwriting competition.
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