Ground Pounder - A Marine's Journey Through South Vietnam, 1968-1969

Informationen zum Autor GREGORY V. SHORT is a retired educator residing in Denton, Texas. With over thirty years of teaching experience, he has taught subjects in high school ranging from world, American, and Texas history to political science, economics, and physical education. He is working on a book describing civilization and economic evolution. Klappentext In early February of 1968, at the beginning of the Tet Offensive, Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam as an eighteen-year-old US Marine. Amid all of the confusion and destruction, he began his tour of duty as an 81mm mortarman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which was stationed at Con Thien near the DMZ. Direct, honest, and brutal in his observations, Short holds nothing back in describing the hardships of modern warfare. Zusammenfassung Previously published in 2007 by AuthorHouse under the title: Arc Light: A Marine's journey through South Vietnam.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory V Short, Gregory V. Short
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2011
• EAN: 9781574414523
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-452-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: North Texas Military Biography; North Texas Military Biography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration