Title: Eye of the Tiger
Subtitle: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam
Description: "This memoir begins when the author enlisted in the Marine Corps and was sent to Vietnam in March of 1967. He volunteered for the Third Force Recon Company, whose job it was to located and infiltrate enemy lines undetected and map their locations and learn details of their status. The duty was often painful both physically and mentally. He was stricken with malaria, wounded by a grenade, and hit by a bullet. He remained in Vietnam until December, 1968. Delezen writes of Vietnam as a man humbled by a mysterious country and horrified by acts of brutality. He vividly describes the three-canopy jungle with birds and monkeys overhead, venomous snakes hiding in trees, and relentless bugs that feed on men. He recalls stumbling onto a pit of rotting Vietnamese bodies left behind by American forces, and days when fierce hunger made a bag of plasma seem like an enticing meal. He writes of his fallen comrades and the images of war the pervade his dreams"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: United states, marine corps, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, regimental histories, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, American Personal narratives, Regimental histories, History, United States. Marine Corps. Force Reconnaissance Company, 3rd, United States