Ghosts and Shadows : A Marine in Vietnam, 1968-1969 Paperback / softback
by Phil Ball
Paperback / softback
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On November 8, 1967, 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 an infantryman, a grunt in the vernacular of the Corps, Ball, like the other youths of F Company, did a very 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, 8 photographs, 6 maps
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:05/11/2012
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- ISBN:9780786472772
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, 8 photographs, 6 maps
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:05/11/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780786472772
