The boys of '67 Charlie Company's war in Vietnam
In the spring of 1966, the war was still popular and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company rotated home, only 30 men were not casualties--and they were among the first vets of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protestor...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford, UK ; Long Island City, NY :
Osprey Pub.,
2012.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ocn769990389 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20250605154700.0 | ||
| 008 | 121204s2012 enkabf b 001 0deng d | ||
| 010 | |a 2012450130 | ||
| 016 | 7 | |a 016099517 |2 Uk | |
| 019 | |a 868409378 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781780962023 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781780968940 |q (e-pub) | ||
| 020 | |z 9781780968902 |q (PDF) | ||
| 020 | |a 1780962029 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)769990389 |z (OCoLC)868409378 | ||
| 040 | |a BTCTA |b eng |c BTCTA |d DLC |d UKMGB |d BDX |d WIM |d ABG |d JO3 |d YDXCP |d CDX |d IEB |d DAC |d VP@ |d OCLCF |d OCLCO |d COO |d PCB | ||
| 042 | |a lccopycat | ||
| 043 | |a a-vt--- |a n-us--- | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a DS558.4 |b .W54 2012 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 959.704/3373 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Wiest, Andrew A. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The boys of '67 : |b Charlie Company's war in Vietnam / |c Andrew Wiest. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Boys of 1967 | |
| 246 | 3 | |a Boys of Sixty-seven | |
| 260 | |a Oxford, UK ; |a Long Island City, NY : |b Osprey Pub., |c 2012. | ||
| 300 | |a 376 p., [24] p. of plates : |b ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-363) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Meeting Charlie -- The need for Charlie -- Losing the best we had -- Who was Charlie? -- Training -- To Vietnam and into the Rung Sat -- Into battle -- The day everything changed -- The steady drumbeat of war -- Charlie transformed, Battlefield Coda, and the Freedom Bird -- Home from war -- The men of Charlie Company. | |
| 520 | |a In the spring of 1966, the war was still popular and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company rotated home, only 30 men were not casualties--and they were among the first vets of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protestors as they arrived back the U.S. In this book, the author examines the experiences of a company from the only division in the Vietnam era to train and deploy together in similar fashion to WWII's famous 101st Airborne Division. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |x Regimental histories |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |v Personal narratives, American. | |
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a HOLT |b HadNF |c 959.704 Wi |d i |e 39241503287414 |f 575185 |g ddc |j 06/09/2015 | ||
| 999 | |a 375731 | ||
