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Firebase Tan Tru : memoir of an artilleryman in the Mekong Delta,1969-1970 / Walter F. McDermott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDermott, Walter F., 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McDermott, Walter F., 1946-.
- McDermott, Walter F.
- United States. Army. Division, 9th--Biography.
- United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia).
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Artillerymen--United States--Biography.
- Artillerymen.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Vietnam--Long An (Province).
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Artillery operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Walter McDermott enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Mekong Delta in 1969--the height of the Vietnam War. A specialist with the Ninth Infantry Division, he provided artillery support to infantry patrols. His frank memoir relates the harrowing surreality of combat and traces his own metamorphosis from thoughtful undergrad to jaded veteran."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Avoidable casualties
- Basic training
- Advanced individual training
- Arriving in country
- Tan An
- Liaison specialist and a failure
- Air power support
- Dinner with a wealthy Vietnamese farmer
- The helicopter war
- Rocket attack
- Losing the war
- Time on target attack
- Firebase animals
- Reconnaissance platoon tragedy
- Burning shit
- Fragging
- The food
- Weapons
- Atypical duty
- Unique nights
- Drugs
- Officers
- Vietnamese enemies vs. allies
- Saigon
- Tan An sniper
- Religion
- Weddings
- Firebase drinking clubs
- Viet Cong attacks
- Media biases
- Coming home
- Reflections
- Vietnam glossary
- United States military service history of Walter F. McDermott.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3292-8
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