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Quang Tri Cadence: Memoir of a Rifle Platoon Leader in the Mountains of Vietnam
He flunked out of college in 1965, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966, and was shipped off to Fort Benning, Georgia, to become the commodity a wartime army most quickly expends - the rifle platoon leader.
Drawing from his memories and the battalion's radio log, former lieutenant Jon Oplinger recounts the dread, fear, and bewilderment of the everyday life of a grunt. Follow him through the Central Highlands of Vietnam as he chronicles the daily struggle to stay alive.
From the "Benning School for Boys" to the battlefields of Vietnam, the author discovers that there are no only survivors.
Drawing from his memories and the battalion's radio log, former lieutenant Jon Oplinger recounts the dread, fear, and bewilderment of the everyday life of a grunt. Follow him through the Central Highlands of Vietnam as he chronicles the daily struggle to stay alive.
From the "Benning School for Boys" to the battlefields of Vietnam, the author discovers that there are no only survivors.
214 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1993
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January 6, 2018
Well written book by a thoughtful man
This book is not festooned with explosions and gory combat detail, which, from my easy chair, I was shopping for. It does have realism, feeling and perspective. This guy reminds me of my soberest, most reliable friends. The guys who show up when needed, tend towards modesty, and have vast reserves of common sense. He is pretty brave, pretty strong, pretty humble and plenty smart. His book is an anchor to sanity.
This book is not festooned with explosions and gory combat detail, which, from my easy chair, I was shopping for. It does have realism, feeling and perspective. This guy reminds me of my soberest, most reliable friends. The guys who show up when needed, tend towards modesty, and have vast reserves of common sense. He is pretty brave, pretty strong, pretty humble and plenty smart. His book is an anchor to sanity.
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