A Tour in Chuong Thien Province - A U.S. Army Lieutenant with MACV Advisory Team 73 in the Mekong Delta, 1969-1970

In the summer of 1969, as the Vietnam War was being turned over to the South Vietnamese, Lieutenant John Raschke arrived in Chuong Thien Province deep in the Mekong Delta, eager to have a positive impact. Recounting his assignment to a provincial advisory team of military and civilian personnel, this memoir depicts the ordinary and the extraordinary of life both inside and outside the wire--mortar attacks, firefights and snipers, hot showers, good meals and comradery, the life and death struggles of the Vietnamese people and the bonds he formed with them.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Chapter¿ 1.¿Getting Ready

Chapter ¿ 2.¿On My Way

Chapter ¿¿¿ 3.¿A Place Called Vi Thanh

Chapter ¿¿ 4.¿New Guy with 362 and a Wake-up

Chapter ¿¿¿ 5.¿Men Like Me in Jungle Fatigues

Chapter ¿ 6.¿Fumbling Around in the Dark

Chapter ¿¿¿¿ 7.¿Slogging Around in the Rice Paddies

Chapter ¿¿¿ 8.¿The First Weekend in September

Chapter ¿¿¿ 9.¿Routine, Money, and Morale

Chapter 10.¿Mostly Blowing Stuff Up

Chapter ¿¿11.¿Soldiers, Units, and Friends

Chapter 12.¿Command and Control (C&C) and Radios

Chapter 13.¿Holidays 1969

Chapter 14.¿An, Saigon, and Shopping

Chapter 15.¿The Dry Season

Chapter 16.¿Grenades and Airplanes

Chapter 17.¿Tet and Rest and Relaxation

Chapter 18.¿Pride, Volunteering, and Annoyances

Chapter 19.¿Food and Customs

Chapter 20.¿Night Flight into Sickness

Chapter 21.¿Something Funny or Frustrating Just Happened

Chapter 22.¿Getting Close

Chapter 23.¿The End and a Beginning

Epilogue

Those in This Book

Glossary

Chapter Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the author

John S. Raschke, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) lives in Springfield, Illinois.

Product details

• Authors: John S. Raschke
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2022
• EAN: 9781476689081
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8908-1
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Land forces & warfare, Vietnam War, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War