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The Famous Combat Marines: The Military And Political Times Of The Baby Boomer War In Vietnam

The Famous Combat Marines: The Military And Political Times Of The Baby Boomer War In Vietnam

Myart, Casey

Paperback

Vietnam War

ISBN13: 9798772373699
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 23 2021
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Of all the tropes about the Vietnam War, one stands out far above the rest in American memory: It was the baby boomers' war. By the spring of 1967, most American soldiers being killed in combat had been born in 1946 or after.
These historical times were defined with drugs, sex, rock bands, assassinations of public figures, and riots in cities and on college campuses. From the war's politics to the twists and turns of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, this compelling account weaves history and statistics with pulse-pounding stories of survival, creating a fabric of understanding for a nation still trying to reconcile this dark and bloody chapter of America's past. Beginning with boot camp and ending with the postwar brutalities of communist regimes in Southeast Asia, including the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia-led by the evil Pol Pot-this unique account of the Vietnam War years is replete with sardonic tales of boom-boom girls, snakes, drugs, and some twisted soldier humor. As part of the last marine combat platoon, Gerhardt is the perfect one to tell it.

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