Lurps - A Ranger''s Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, a Shau, and Quang Tri

Informationen zum Autor By Robert C. Ankony Klappentext Lurps is the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to pursue a dream of military service, eventually becoming a member of the elite U.S. Army LRRP / Rangers in Vietnam. Set in 1968, during some of the war's major campaigns and battles including Tet, Khe Sanh, and A Shau Valley, Lurps considers war through the eyes of a green young warrior. Zusammenfassung Presents the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to pursue a dream of military service! eventually becoming a member of the elite US Army LRRP/Rangers in Vietnam. Set in 1968! during some of the war's major campaigns and battles! this book considers war through the eyes of a green young warrior. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Preface 2 Acknowledgements 3 Maps 4 1. Childhood 5 2. Basic Combat Training 6 3. Advanced Individual Training 7 4. Airborne School 8 5. Rigger School 9 6. A Decision 10 7. Vietnam 11 8. First Cavalry Division 12 9. Transfer to LRRPs 13 10. LZ English 14 11. Move North 15 12. Tet 16 13. First Patrol 17 14. Learning the Ropes 18 15. Contact 19 16. Luck 20 17. Khe Sanh 21 18. A Shau 22 19. Recondo School 23 20. Hong Kong 24 21. Patrols as Team Leader 25 22. Patrolling On 26 23. Twenty-second and Last Patrol 27 24. Going Home 28 Author's Note 29 Appendix A: Standing Orders, Rogers' Rangers 30 Appendix B: American Casualties in Vietnam 31 Glossary 32 Bibliography 33 Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert C Ankony, Robert C. Ankony, Ankony Robert C.
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2006
• EAN: 9780761832812
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3281-2
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Vietnam, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, True war and combat stories, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General