Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of duty to himself and to his country. Through a variety of combat duties--with the infantry, the 36th Engineer Battalion, F Co. 75th Rangers and the 174th Assault Helicopter Co.--and several close calls with death, Grzesik's detailed memoir recounts his two tours in-country, where he hoped merely to survive with a semblance of heroism, yet ultimately redefined himself.…mehr
Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of duty to himself and to his country. Through a variety of combat duties--with the infantry, the 36th Engineer Battalion, F Co. 75th Rangers and the 174th Assault Helicopter Co.--and several close calls with death, Grzesik's detailed memoir recounts his two tours in-country, where he hoped merely to survive with a semblance of heroism, yet ultimately redefined himself.
Steven Grzesik served two tours of duty in Vietnam. He spent time in the infantry and the engineers on his first tour. On his second tour he volunteered for the original 75th Rangers, going on many long-range reconnaissance patrols. Afterwards, he flew as a door gunner in the largest air assault of the war: Operation Lam Son 719--the invasion of Laos. A writer for major newspapers and military periodicals, he lives in Seminole, Florida.
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Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction and a Sniper 2. In Country 3. MPs, Rockets and the Firebase 4. Total Darkness and Explosions 5. Mortars and Prisoners 6. War Dog Twice 7. Women and Children 8. Strange Grenades and Tarot Cards 9. Five Crazy Days in Dau Tieng 10. Boom-boom 11. New Guys 12. Escape 13. Vung Tau to Baria 14. Baria to Vinh Long 15. Kiss Panama Goodbye 16. F Company Rangers 17. Lizard 18. M79 19. SKS Rifle 20. Most Embarrassing Moment 21. Large, Small Men 22. A Beautiful Jungle 23. Cambodia 24. Marking Round 25. Fall from Grace and Ascent I 26. Fall from Grace and Ascent II 27. "Mayday, Mayday" 28. Down Behind the Lines 29. Lines in the Sky 30. Redemption at Lang Vei 31. Fifty Knot Smoke 32. Bodies in the Bird 33. Shot Up 34. Redleg's Air 35. Zero One to Ball Game 36. Aftermath Epilogue Glossary Index
Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction and a Sniper 2. In Country 3. MPs, Rockets and the Firebase 4. Total Darkness and Explosions 5. Mortars and Prisoners 6. War Dog Twice 7. Women and Children 8. Strange Grenades and Tarot Cards 9. Five Crazy Days in Dau Tieng 10. Boom-boom 11. New Guys 12. Escape 13. Vung Tau to Baria 14. Baria to Vinh Long 15. Kiss Panama Goodbye 16. F Company Rangers 17. Lizard 18. M79 19. SKS Rifle 20. Most Embarrassing Moment 21. Large, Small Men 22. A Beautiful Jungle 23. Cambodia 24. Marking Round 25. Fall from Grace and Ascent I 26. Fall from Grace and Ascent II 27. "Mayday, Mayday" 28. Down Behind the Lines 29. Lines in the Sky 30. Redemption at Lang Vei 31. Fifty Knot Smoke 32. Bodies in the Bird 33. Shot Up 34. Redleg's Air 35. Zero One to Ball Game 36. Aftermath Epilogue Glossary Index
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