Combat bandsman
Subtitle: memoir of a tour in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, 1969
By: Robert F. Fischer
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781476664811
Subjects: 9th Infantry Division Band; American Personal narratives; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Trumpet players; Biography
Description: "Playing trumpet in the 9th Infantry Division Band should have been a safe assignment but the Viet Cong swarmed the Mekong Delta and safety was nonexistent. This memoir of a conscripted musician in Vietnam provides a personal account of the lunacy surrounding combat support service in the 9th Infantry Division during the months prior to its withdrawal"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.