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A trash hauler in Vietnam : memoir of four tactical airlift tours, 1965-1968 / Bill Barry.
Van Pelt Library DS559.5 .B384 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barry, Bill, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Airlift, Military.
- Vietnam.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Airlift, Military--Vietnam.
- Barry, Bill, 1939-.
- Barry, Bill.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]
- Summary:
- "Based on the author's flight logs and memories, this book recounts four tours of military duty in Vietnam and how tactics and the war effort changed each time. The routine and risk of daily airlift operations and the various base destinations are outlined in chronological order, colored with personal anecdotes"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Vietnam : the atmosphere and the beginning
- The first tour
- Between tours
- The second tour
- Between tours again
- The one-year tour
- Between tours yet again
- Five months in Japan and Vietnam
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786439249
- 0786439246
- OCLC:
- 220330822
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