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Mighty Men of Valor: With Charlie Company on Hill 714-Vietnam, 1970
THE SCREAMING EAGLES OF 1970 IN VIETNAM
The Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne have been in combat against the elusive Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army for nearly seven years. In this memoir, author John G. Roberts tells the story of the 2nd Battalion 502nd Infantry Regiment, the "Widow Makers" of the 101st Airborne Divisions' 1st Brigade. Written in the often crude language of the combat Infantryman, Roberts describes what it was like to confront the enemy during close combat in the triple-canopied jungles of the I Corps Tactical Zone, west of the Song Bo River and in the infamous A Shau Valley. As part of Operation Texas Star, the 502nd Infantry (the "O-Deuce") lost 30 men killed and over 200 wounded in a month-long battle during April and May, 1970.
JUNGLE COMBAT THRU THE EYES OF A YOUNG SHAKE-N-BAKE SERGEANT
Roberts relates the shock and grief he and others in his platoon felt when his 11-man squad lost 3 men killed and five wounded in about an hour of combat. The firefights around Hill 714, Hill 882 and the 4-month Battle of Firebase Ripcord received very little attention in the media. The press was focused on the April invasion of Cambodia and the May student shootings by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University. The author, like many Vietnam War combat Veterans, carried the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with him when he returned home. The author is very open about describing the 35-year battle he had with alcohol and PTSD. With help from his family and support from medical professionals at Veterans Affairs, he has worked out a truce with the demons of PTSD and now lives a quiet life in Southern California.
JOIN THE O-DEUCE DURING OPERATION TEXAS STAR
By reading Mighty Men of Valor - With Charlie Company on Hill 714 - Vietnam, 1970, you have the chance to experience life (and death) as an infantry grunt during some of the last big American-led battles of the Vietnam War as only someone who was there can describe them.
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Decision in the Ukraine: German Panzer Operations on the Eastern Front, Summer 1943 (Stackpole Military History Series)
Myth-busting account of the summer of 1943 on the Eastern Front, one of World War II's turning points
Includes the Battle of Kursk
Special focus on the notorious 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf"
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