Writing the war
Subtitle: my ten months in the jungles, streets and paddies of South Vietnam, 1968
By: Stephen E. Atkins
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780786442720
Description: "Stephen E. Atkins was drafted just before he had completed his Ph.D. in French history. After Officer Candidacy School which was cut short, he became a non-commissioned officer and arrived in South Vietnam 1968. His memoir is the result of a tour of intense fighting, careful documentation, and an illicit diary kept at all times"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Background and training for the Vietnam War; title: First weeks in South Vietnam; title: First blooding; title: Operations in the first weeks of May; title: Battle of the Cholon Y Bridge; title: Combat in the Mekong Delta; title: Adapting to the rear-echelon and the Battle of the Plain of Reeds Report; title: Back at Bearcat and the Thai presidential award; title: Events at Dong Tam and special assignment; title: Back at Dong Tam; title: Last months in South Vietnam.