Ghosts and Shadows: A Marine in Vietnam: 1968-1969

✍ Scribed by Ball, Phil

• Book ID: 110431954
• Publisher: McFarland
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781476624846

✦ Synopsis

The author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego ill-prepared for the training and abuse that awaited him in boot camp. At the time, he would have done anything to escape; only upon reflection years later did he realize that the self-confidence instilled in him by his drill instructors had probably saved his life in Vietnam. A few months after boot camp, Private Ball was shipped out to Vietnam, joining F Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, near Khe Sanh. As a grunt, in the vernacular of the Corps, Ball, like the other youths of F Company, did a difficult and deadly job in such places as the A Shau Valley, Leatherneck Square, the DMZ and other obscure but critical I Corps locales. His—their—fear of death mingled with homesickness. Little did they realize that the horrors of the Vietnam War—horrors that while in-country they often claimed did not even exist—would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
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Has Cover : Yes
Single Author : Phil Ball
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