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Lädt ... Path to a Lonely War: A Naval Hospital Corpsman With the Marines in Vietnam, 1965von Richard W. Schaefer
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 5568. Path to a Lonely War A Naval Hospital Corpsman with the Marines in Vietnam, 1965 by Richard W. Schaefer (read 13 Jul 2018)The author of this book was born in Marysville, Kansas in 1944 and lived there till his senior year in high school, which he did in Hooper, Nebraska. After he turned 18 in July of 1962 he enlisted in the Navy, did his boot in San Diego, and then went to Hospitalman school in California. He was then assigned to Hawaii and a Marine unit. The Marines rely on the Navy to supply their corpsmen and so he wore a Marine uniform and served with Marines, while remaining in the Navy, In 1965 he went to Vietnam with the Marines and was with the first combat troops in Vietnam. His account of his experience in Vietnam I found informative and realistic, though it was written 50 years later and thus relied on the things that stood out in his memory. One never has the sense he was exaggerating and his account of his heroism does not sound inflated. Some of his philosophizing near the end of the book is sensible but not memorable. This is a well-written memoir that I found well worth reading... ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Having just turned eighteen and graduated from high school, and living insmall-town Nebraska with nothing much to do, young Dick Schaefer joinedthe Navy on impulse, hoping that by choosing his branch of the military hewould have some measure of control over his future. Not fully aware of the increasing military action in Vietnam, Schaefer found himself on a train bound for boot camp in San Diego in late summer, 1962.Schaefer's account of his time at boot camp is wry and rollicking. Upon graduation, he requested and received orders to report to the U.S. Naval Hospital Corps School in San Diego--and found that his choice of study suited him very well. After completing his studies, again on impulse Schaefer requested assignment to Hawai'i, assuming there must be a large naval hospital at Pearl Harbor. In fact, there was no such hospital--and Schaefer was assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. And thus this young naval medical corpsman became assigned to a Marine Corps unit for three years. "Marines and sailors didn't like each other very much. My new tattoo would go over well!"In Spring of 1965 Schaefer's unit boarded a large troop transport ship boundfor a six-week stay in Okinawa. Then it was on to South Vietnam as part of the first contingent of American combat forces. Schaefer recounts the terror of that first beach landing, the hollow ache of homesickness, his professionalism in handling injuries both minor and devastating, the tragedy of friendly fire, and his involvement in Operation Starlite. He also offers his reflections on American involvement in the war, the reception of the troops as they returned stateside, and his own reintegration into civilian life. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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