First in, last out : an American paratrooper in Vietnam with the 101st and Vietnamese Airborne / John D. Howard

By:

Howard, John D [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, c2017Description: xii, 252 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780811719629

Subject(s):

MILITARY CAMPAIGNS

LOC classification:

DS 558.8 .H69 2017

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Main General Circulation	General Education	GC DS 558.8 .H69 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000018685

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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