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Combat veterans' stories of the Vietnam war, Norman Black, Volume 4 of 5

Combat veterans' stories of the Vietnam war

Norman Black

Combat veterans' stories of the Vietnam war, 4

This volume contains 17 autobiographical stories. The first begins on December 31, 1968, with a U.S. Army infantryman on search and destroy missions, in the Mekong Delta. It ends with the story told by the U.S. Marine Corps officer that was in charge of the Marine Corps’ evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Saigon, in 1975. Other stories include those told by an Air Force flying officer that flew dive bombing missions in North Vietnam, an Army combat engineer, a Navy corpsman; Army infantrymen; an Australian soldier; and a navigator on a B-52 that flew Linebacker II missions. This volume also contains information about the armed forces of other nations that were allied with the U.S. in the fight against North Vietnam. Volumes 1-4 of this series contain combat experiences told by 57 Vietnam War veterans. Volume 5 contains the U.S.’ explanation for the war, a review of the war and U.S. armed forces in it, and various problems during it. There is also information about POW treatment, POWs and MIAs, the CIA and the drug trade, war crimes, moral injury, and history lessons not learned. Volume 5 also contains a brief photo view of some aspects of events, in South Vietnam, in 1968, a decisive year in that war