American boys
Subtitle: the true story of the Lost 74 of the Vietnam War
By: Louise Esola
Publisher: Pennway Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Temecula, California?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9780996057400
Subjects: Australian Naval operations; Collisions at sea; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Sailors; Melbourne (Aircraft carrier); Frank E. Evans (Destroyer); American Naval operations; Casualties; Biography; History
Description: "In the middle of a dark night off the coast of Vietnam on June 3, 1969, the USS Frank E. Evans is rammed by a ship ten times her size, sending her forward half to the bottom of the South China Sea and into oblivion. Seventy-four Americans are killed in this mysterious collision. Three brothers from a small town in Nebraska are gone, as is the son of a chief who barely survived. Only one body is ever found. The truth is confined to a footnote of the Vietnam War. Buried in obscurity even today, as the 74 names of those killed are not on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. In American Boys, journalist Louise Esola has uncovered and assembled a powerful rebuttal, putting the ship and her men in the time and place that was Vietnam. Groundbreaking and astonishing in scope and intimate details, American Boys is a story of heartbreak and perseverance. It's the story of a shattering injustice, of love and healing, and of a great generation of those who fought and lost yet vowed to never forget, though their nation has"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Self-published by the author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-410).