Call Sign Dracula: My Tour with the Black Scarves April 1969 to March 1970 - Couverture souple

Fair, Joe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1620063883 ISBN 13 : 9781620063880

Editeur : Sunbury Press, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

"Call Sign Dracula" provides an outstanding, valuable and worthy in-depth look into the life of a US Army Infantry soldier serving with the famed 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) in Vietnam. It is a genuine, firsthand account of a one-year tour that shows how a soldier grew and matured from an awkward, bewildered, inexperienced, eighteen year-old country “bumpkin” from Kentucky, to a tough, battle hardened, fighting soldier.

You will laugh, cry and stand in awe at the true life experiences shared in this memoir. The awfulness of battle, fear beyond description, the sorrow and anguish of losing friends, extreme weariness, the dealing with the scalding sun, torrential rain, cold, heat, humidity, insects and the daily effort just to maintain sanity were struggles faced virtually every day. And yet, there were the good times. There was the coming together to laugh, joke, and share stories from home. There was the warmth and compassion shown by men to each other in such an unreal environment. You will see where color, race or where you were from had no bearing on the tight-knit group of young men that was formed from the necessity to survive. What a “bunch” they were!

... then the return to home and all the adjustments and struggles to once again fit into a world that was now strange and uncomfortable.

"Call Sign Dracula" is an excellent and genuine memoir of an infantry soldier in the Vietnam War.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph (Joe) Edmon Fair Jr. was born on September 4, 1950 in Greenwood, Indiana. His parents had moved from a farming area of South Central Kentucky to the Indianapolis area looking for work. At nine months old the family moved to Louisville, KY. Joe attended Brandeis Elementary School and Parkland Junior High School.

At age 12 the family moved back to Adair County, KY where his father once again farmed. He graduated from Adair County High School in May 1968 and entered the US Army in September 1968. Joe served a tour of duty in Vietnam from April 1969 to March 1970 and returned to the US at Fort Meade, Maryland. He married Regnia Gabehart on July 18, 1970. He left the US Army in June 1971.

Joe joined the Ingersoll Rand Company in September 1971 and remained with the company until May 2011. He was the Human Resources Manager his last 16 years. He had two careers going simultaneously as he joined the Kentucky Army National Guard in October 1974 serving with Bravo Battery and the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery and remained with the guard until he retired as a First Sergeant E-8 in May 1997. He served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the Gulf War from December 1990 to April 1991 with the guard unit.

Joe and Regnia have three children and seven grandchildren. His retirement time is spent enjoying his family (chasing grandchildren), researching and writing about his time in Vietnam, contacting fellow Vietnam soldiers and staying in contact with soldiers he served with in the Kentucky Army National Guard. He also enjoys playing rhythm guitar and singing in a music group called “Ruff-Cut.”

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sunbury Press, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1620063883
• ISBN 13: 9781620063880
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible