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Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. This story is a reminder of the price of war and the fragile comforts of peace.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: I'd Give My Immortal Soul for That Medal

Part I
1. Down in Egypt
2. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
3. A Party School
4. I Felt I Was Born That Weekend
5. Maybe I Can Help Somebody
Part II
6. My Life Changed Forever
7. They Stood Alone
8. Just a Damn Piece of Metal
9. Back in the World

Appendixes
Notes
Note on Sources
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 21/09/2006
      ISBN13: 9780253347954, 978-0253347954
      ISBN10: 0253347955
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      Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. This story is a reminder of the price of war and the fragile comforts of peace.

      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: I'd Give My Immortal Soul for That Medal

      Part I
      1. Down in Egypt
      2. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
      3. A Party School
      4. I Felt I Was Born That Weekend
      5. Maybe I Can Help Somebody
      Part II
      6. My Life Changed Forever
      7. They Stood Alone
      8. Just a Damn Piece of Metal
      9. Back in the World

      Appendixes
      Notes
      Note on Sources
      Bibliography
      Index

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