Diary of an airborne ranger : a LRRP's year in the combat zone / Frank Johnson.
Diary of an airborne ranger : a LRRP's year in the combat zone / Frank Johnson.
By
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Johnson, Frank, 1950-
Publication Date
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2001
Publication Information
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New York : Ballantine Pub. Group,
Physical Description
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255 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Reconnaissance operations, American.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Summary
:
When Frank Johnson arrived in Vietnam in 1969, he was nineteen, a young soldier untested in combat like thousands of others--but with two important differences: Johnson volunteered for the elite L Company Rangers of the 101st Airborne Division, a long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit, and he kept a secret diary, a practice forbidden by the military to protect the security of LRRP operations. Now, more than three decades later, those hastily written pages offer a rare look at the daily operations of one of the most courageous units that waged war in Vietnam. Johnson served in I Corps, in northern Vietnam, where combat was furious and the events he recounts emerge, stark and compelling: walking point in the A Shau Valley, braving enemy fire to rescue a downed comrade, surviving days and nights of relentless tension that suddenly exploded in the blinding fury of an NVA attack.
Language
:
English
ISBN
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9780804118804
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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Port Saunders | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 959.704 J63 |