John J. Gebhart

Gebundenes Buch

Lbj's Hired Gun

A Marine Corps Helicopter Gunner and the War in Vietnam

Beschreibung

Many Vietnam memoirs have appeared in recent years, but not a single one has the humour, pathos, poignancy, and often sheer hilarity of John J. Gebhart's riveting LBJ'S Hired Gun. As Gebhart tells it, he was a 'smart-mouthed college boy' who joined the Marines to see the world and 'dust a few black pajamas for Uncle Sam.

Autor

John J. Gebhart grew up on a dead end street in West Philadelphia and graduated from Monsignor Bonnor High School. In 1964, he quit St. Joseph's College after his sophmore year to join the Marines, his childhood dream, and spent September 1965 to September 1967 in Vietnam. Returning to St. Joseph's College in 1968, he graduated with a degree in Business Administration and started an employment service, which he still runs today. He also owns Iron Triangle Paintball Club, where famous battles from Vietnam are fought in bamboo forests and muddy swamps. He was inducted into the "Enlisted Combat Aircrew Roll of Honor" on November 14, 2003 aboard the USS Yorktown docked at Patriots Point in Charlestown, SC. He currently lives with his wife Betty and his German Shepard Corporal Logan in Zionsville, PA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate Books
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781932033656
• ISBN-10: 1932033653
• Artikelnr.: 22986762