Eagle Days
Subtitle: A Marine Legal/Infantry Officer in Vietnam
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University Alabama Press; University of Alabama Press
Published: September 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780817315788
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; History of specific subjects; History; Biography / Autobiography; USA; Vietnam; Military; Military - United States; Military - Vietnam War; History / Military / Vietnam War; Diaries; Personal narratives, American; Soldiers; United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Description: As a Marine Corps legal officer, the author presents his personal narrative detailing his Vietnam tour in which he had dual roles. One of as a legal officer charged, at various times, with the task of both defending and prosecuting servicemen; and secondly, at the same time, leading combat patrols in "search and destroy" missions against the Viet Cong.