Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir

Name: Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir
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ISBN: 9780700618989

ISBN-10: 0700618988

ISBN-13: 9780700618989

Edition: 2013

Authors: Frank McAdams

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"Black smoke drifted about the scene. The first thing I noticed was the huge crater yawning next to the damaged truck." In the Vietnam War, American "rough riders" drove trucks through hostile territory delivering supplies, equipment, ammunition, weapons, fuel, and reinforcements to troops fighting on the war's ever-shifting front lines. But, all too often, the convoys themselves became the front lines. Frank McAdams, a Marine Corps lieutenant, learned that the hard way during a tour of duty that began right after the 1968 Tet Offensive and the siege at Khe Sanh. In this compelling memoir he recounts his personal battles-not only with a dangerous enemy but also with an incompetent superior…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 280
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Glossary


Acknowledgments


Foreword



Down South



The Call



Quantico



Danang, RVN



A Memorial



The Captain



Thuong Due



Investigation



Honolulu



A Letter



The River



Chicago



Going to Staff



Teacher



Kilo Mike Alpha



Kreigspiel



The Seven-Mile Stretch



Tet '69



Homecoming



Camp Pendleton



A Moonlit Barbecue


Afterword