Al Gray, Marine
Subtitle: the early years, 1950-1967
By: by Scott Laidig ; foreword by General Tony Zinni ; preface by: Dr. John F. Guilmartin
Publisher: Potomac Institute Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780985248307; 9780985248345; 9780985248369; 9780989855600
Subjects: Biography; Officers; History; Generals; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Military policy; Military relations; Biographies; Officiers; Généraux; Relations militaires; Armed Forces; United States. Marine Corps; United States; États-Unis. Marine Corps; États-Unis
Description: Volume 1 of a proposed set telling the story of General Gray's years as an enlisted Marine, junior officer and field grade officer. The author also reviews the Vietnam War: the politics surrounding it, the reporting of it, and the military decisions made in Saigon and Washington.--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the wrong line; title: A brief early history of Vietnam; title: Take any assignment and make the best of it; title: Vietnam history, 1955-1961; title: Captain Gray goes to Washington,; title: Vietnam history, 1961-1963; title: First Marine ground combat unit enters Vietnam; title: Southeast Asia heats up; title: Back to combat arms; title: Major American combat units arrive in South Vietnam; title: Gray commands at Gio Linh Outpost; title: SIGINT again; title: Vietnam War, 1967; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix; title: Index.