Howard, John D. <br/><br/>
First in, last out :  an American paratrooper in Vietnam with the 101st and Vietnamese Airborne / 
John D. Howard 
 - Guilford, Connecticut :  Stackpole Books,  c2017 
 - xii, 252 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>CHAPTER 1. The war we came to fight --  CHAPTER 2.Education, the Army way --  CHAPTER 3. A far country --  CHAPTER 4. Steel 5 --  CHAPTER 5.Tiger Force --  CHAPTER 6. Second Korean conflict --  CHAPTER 7. Vietnam redux: May 1972 --  CHAPTER 8. An Loc I: April-May 1972 --  CHAPTER 9. An Loc II: June 1972 --  CHAPTER 10. Quang Tri: July-September 1972 --  CHAPTER 11. Chia Tay, Vietnam (Farewell, Vietnam) --  Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> Fresh out of West Point, John Howard arrived for his first tour in Vietnam in 1965, the first full year of escalation when U.S. troop levels increased to 184,000 from 23,000 the year before. When he returned for a second tour in 1972, troop strength stood at 24,000 and would dwindle to a mere 50 the following year. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780811719629 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MILITARY CAMPAIGNS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS 558.8 .H69 2017