Description
Book Synopsis Steven Grzesik''s counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of duty to himself and to his country.
Through a variety of combat duties--with the infantry, the 36th Engineer Battalion, F Co. 75th Rangers and the 174th Assault Helicopter Co.--and several close calls with death, Grzesik''s detailed memoir recounts his two tours in-country, where he hoped merely to survive with a semblance of heroism, yet ultimately redefined himself.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction and a Sniper
- 2. In Country
- 3. MPs, Rockets and the Firebase
- 4. Total Darkness and Explosions
- 5. Mortars and Prisoners
- 6. War Dog Twice
- 7. Women and Children
- 8. Strange Grenades and Tarot Cards
- 9. Five Crazy Days in Dau Tieng
- 10. Boom-boom
- 11. New Guys
- 12. Escape
- 13. Vung Tau to Baria
- 14. Baria to Vinh Long
- 15. Kiss Panama Goodbye
- 16. F Company Rangers
- 17. Lizard
- 18. M79
- 19. SKS Rifle
- 20. Most Embarrassing Moment
- 21. Large, Small Men
- 22. A Beautiful Jungle
- 23. Cambodia
- 24. Marking Round
- 25. Fall from Grace and Ascent I
- 26. Fall from Grace and Ascent II
- 27. "Mayday, Mayday"
- 28. Down Behind the Lines
- 29. Lines in the Sky
- 30. Redemption at Lang Vei
- 31. Fifty Knot Smoke
- 32. Bodies in the Bird
- 33. Shot Up
- 34. Redleg's Air
- 35. Zero One to Ball Game
- 36. Aftermath
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Index
