Very Crazy, G.I.!: Strange but True Stories of the Vietnam War
AMERICAN BOYS AT WAR IN VIETNAMAND INVOLVED IN INCIDENTS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVESIn this compelling, highly unusual collection of amazing but true stories, U.S. soldiers reveal fantastic, almost unbelievable events that occurred in places ranging from the deadly Central...
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AMERICAN BOYS AT WAR IN VIETNAMAND INVOLVED IN INCIDENTS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVESIn this compelling, highly unusual collection of amazing but true stories, U.S. soldiers reveal fantastic, almost unbelievable events that occurred in places ranging from the deadly Central Highlands to the Cong-infested Mekong Delta."Finders Keepers" became the sacred byword for one exhausted recon team who stumbled upon a fortune worth more than $500,000and managed, with a little American ingenuity, to relocate the bounty to the States. Jorgenson also chronicles Marine Sergeant James Henderson's incredible journey back from the dead, shares a surreal chopper rescue, and recounts some heart-stopping details of the lifeand deathof one of America's greatest unsung heroes, a soldier who won more medals than Audie Murphy and Sergeant York. Whether occurring in the bloody, fiery chaos of sudden ambushes or during the endless nights of silent, gnawing menace spent behind enemy lines, these stories of war are truly beaucoup dinky dau . . . and ultimately unforgettable.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780804115988 (0804115982)
Publish date: January 30th 2001
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 229
Edition language: English