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Images from the Otherland: Memoir of a United States Marine Corps Artillery Officer in Vietnam - Couverture souple

Sympson, Kenneth

 
9780595259694: Images from the Otherland: Memoir of a United States Marine Corps Artillery Officer in Vietnam
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595259693 ISBN 13 : 9780595259694
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

For two decades Sympson thought little of his tour of duty as a Marine artillery officer in Vietnam. But recovering from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer probably caused by exposure in Vietnam to Agent Orange, he saw a thread running through his later life and was flooded with memories of events he had never talked about. This book began as an exercise in self-therapy, an attempt to discharge the emotional burdens he had unknowingly carried for so many years.In August 1965 as a forward observer with the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, the author saw his first combat in Operation Starlite, the first large-scale ground combat operation in Vietnam. In March 1966, as the artillery liaison officer for the renowned Magnificent Bastards of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, he fought in Operation Texas, one of the bloodiest battles of the war. For two hours, Sympson directed over 2,500 rounds of artillery fire nearly on top of Echo Company to drive back the Viet Cong who had trapped the Marines at the edge of a heavily fortified village.From the frontlines in Vietnam, this is a story of fear and dread, anticipation and boredomfrom a man who served in country.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

For two decades Sympson thought little of his tour of duty as a Marine artillery officer in Vietnam. But recovering from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer probably caused by exposure in Vietnam to Agent Orange, he saw a thread running through his later life and was flooded with memories of events he had never talked about. This book began as an exercise in self-therapy, an attempt to discharge the emotional burdens he had unknowingly carried for so many years.In August 1965 as a forward observer with the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, the author saw his first combat in Operation Starlite, the first large-scale ground combat operation in Vietnam. In March 1966, as the artillery liaison officer for the renowned Magnificent Bastards of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, he fought in Operation Texas, one of the bloodiest battles of the war. For two hours, Sympson directed over 2,500 rounds of artillery fire nearly on top of Echo Company to drive back the Viet Cong who had trapped the Marines at the edge of a heavily fortified village.From the frontlines in Vietnam, this is a story of fear and dread, anticipation and boredomfrom a man who served in country.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kenneth P. Sympsons decorations include the Bronze Star with Combat Distinguishing Device, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, and Navy Unit Commendation. After 35 years as an engineer in the telecommunications industry, he is retired and resides with his wife Angela in Rochester, New York.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595259693
ISBN 13 
9780595259694
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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