Author: | Dane Hoover | ISBN: | 9781462849857 |
Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | July 26, 2011 |
Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
Author: | Dane Hoover |
ISBN: | 9781462849857 |
Publisher: | Xlibris US |
Publication: | July 26, 2011 |
Imprint: | Xlibris US |
Language: | English |
After a tour in combat duty, followed by an emotional homecoming that forced him back into the South Pacific, a Marine staff sergeant found himself caught for five days and five nights in Vietnam just before the fall of Saigon. The United States was finally healing from the tragedy of the previous 10 years and had to stay on that course at all costs. Propaganda was prevalent in the days before the embedded journalists of todays wars. Cover-ups came easier for the most powerful government on Earth. Would this Marine become a statistic or a survivor? Share in his adventure and feel his emotions as he relives his tours as a combatant through his homecoming and getting caught up in a backfired plot to help two officers enhance their careers.
After a tour in combat duty, followed by an emotional homecoming that forced him back into the South Pacific, a Marine staff sergeant found himself caught for five days and five nights in Vietnam just before the fall of Saigon. The United States was finally healing from the tragedy of the previous 10 years and had to stay on that course at all costs. Propaganda was prevalent in the days before the embedded journalists of todays wars. Cover-ups came easier for the most powerful government on Earth. Would this Marine become a statistic or a survivor? Share in his adventure and feel his emotions as he relives his tours as a combatant through his homecoming and getting caught up in a backfired plot to help two officers enhance their careers.