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Vietnam
- Author
- Jim "Doc" Purtell
- Narrator
- Eric Jason Martin
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 28 December 2018
- Run Time
- 3 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Vietnam—There & Back: A Combat Medic's Chronicle is a candid account of the time when he and several other combat vets found themselves conducting operations in the jungles of Vietnam during and after the Tet Offensive.
Purtell describes in gritty detail what it was like to live and fight with an infantry company only to return to anti-Vietnam sentiment so strong that he and his fellow veterans felt nobody cared about them or the sacrifices they made.
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Details
- Author
- Jim "Doc" Purtell
- Narrator
- Eric Jason Martin
- Duration
- 3 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 December 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977337672
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Biography: historical, political and military, True war and combat stories, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Memoirs, Military history, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Military veterans, History
Synopsis
In 1967, Jim Purtell left his small Midwestern town to join the US Army. He did so at a time when the country was pro-Vietnam and serving seemed an honorable thing to do. Little did he know that the tide would turn a mere six months later as drastically as it did.Vietnam—There & Back: A Combat Medic's Chronicle is a candid account of the time when he and several other combat vets found themselves conducting operations in the jungles of Vietnam during and after the Tet Offensive.Purtell describes in gritty detail what it was like to live and fight with an infantry company only to return to anti-Vietnam sentiment so strong that he and his fellow veterans felt nobody cared about them or the sacrifices they made.
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