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THE BOYS OF '67
CHARLIE COMPANY'S WAR IN VIETNAM |
By: |
Andrew A. Wiest |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1472803337 |
ISBN 13: |
9781472803337 |
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Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
9 January, 2014 |
Pages: |
472 |
Description: |
In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. This title tells the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return - lost faces of a distant war. |
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In the spring of 1966 the Vietnam War was intensifying, driven by the US military build up, under which the 9th Infantry Division was reactivated. Charlie Company was part of the 9th and representative of the melting pot of America. But, unlike the vast majority of other companies in the US Army, the men of Charlie Company were a close-knit family. They joined up together, trained together, and were deployed together. This is their story. From the joker who roller-skated into the Company First Sergeant's office wearing a dress, to the nerdy guy with two left feet who would rather be off somewhere inventing computers, and the everyman who just wanted to keep his head down and get through un-noticed and preferably unscathed. Written by leading Vietnam expert Dr Andrew Wiest, The Boys of '67 tells the unvarnished truth about the war in Vietnam, recounting the fear of death and the horrors of battle through the recollections of the young men themselves.America doesn't know their names or their story, the story of the boys of Charlie, young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and received so little in return - lost faces and silent voices of a distant war. |
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20 b/w; 33 col |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
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Returnable |
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