Download or read book Vietnam Mekong Delta Scrapbook written by Jim Akers and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-29 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pictures selected are forty-four years old. These are the ones that survived many moves and even a house fire! I have restored them the best I could. They are the best quality possible. 152 Pictures War is not constant blood and guts. For those looking for such, they will not find it here. This book is more to show the humane aspect of a very difficult situation that as very young people, men and women were thrust into. Once there, most of us decided to make the most of it. Not that we didn't face many days and nights in fierce combat. It's just that I didn't stop firing my weapon to take pictures. Too busy trying to stay among the living. The liberal media at the time of the Vietnam War would have everyone believe that we were nothing more than blood thirsty thugs, baby killers, rapists and murderers. This could not be further from the truth as these pictures will try to show. I served in 3rd platoon, Charlie Company, 6th of the 31st, 9th Infantry Division from October 1968 through August 1969…

Download or read book A Dragon Lives Forever written by Thomas R. Hargrove and published by . This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drifting, and yet full awake, I began to feel a warning breeze, chilling; enveloping: and so I looked up and when I did, I saw an ominous lone dark cloud, shadowing, floating East: I thought Nature; stirring, rustling leaves and winds to blast and swish across these sidewalk cobblestones with cloudbursts of raindrops; huge like crystals; to splash and splatter my face, soak, shape and to cling my body to my clothes. Benumbed, I lay there sensing; no savoring in the rain; drenched, and with the raindrops splattering, spreading their translucent colors to have me rhyme, 'Debbie Debbie weighing sounds round and round her womb, womb.

Download or read book Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands written by Michelle Robin La and published by ViewPort Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands is the true story of Luong La, a boy growing up in the Mekong Delta in the midst of the Vietnam War. When the 1968 Tet Offensive forces Luong's family to flee the countryside, his mother continues to travel back and forth to their island farm despite threats from the Viet Cong and nearby firefights. Out on their farm in the middle of the Mekong River, Luong wants to catch fish and slingshot birds, but Viet Cong, called mysterious misters by the villagers, stop by his family's hut and stay. "The frog dies because of its big mouth," his mother warns. The mysterious misters behead a neighbor, and Luong's aunt goes missing. Luong plans to join the Army as soon as he's old enough to fight, but the war ends before he has a chance. Communism descends, pulling him back in time to a land without electricity or fuel where his family has to hide the books that haven't already been burned. Propaganda that "kneads their skulls," neighbors spying on each other, and the threat of starvation drive Luong to escalating acts of defiance. About to get caught by the authorities, he drops out of school to help his family build a boat to escape.

Download or read book A Dragon Lives Forever written by Thomas R. Hargrove and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a memoir of the Vietnam War, an army officer recalls how as an agricultural advisor, he taught Vietnamese farmers how to grow miracle rice and how that position conflicted with his military duties. Original.

Download or read book Split Vision written by John S. Wilbur Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Split/Vision is John Wilbur's Vietnamese experience. A former U.S. Navy SEAL, he served eighteen months in Vietnam at the height of the war years (1967-68)where he fought and fighting and lived among the Vietnamese of the Mekong Delta that became like home. 32 years later he returns alone as a tourist. After a jarring start arriving at "Ho Chi Minh" City, he encounters a split-vision in discovering a new and different country while searching for the old. In his travels, Wilbur's narration reveals an internal journey that moves rhythmically between the now and then. Drawn back to the Mekong, he muses over its ancient river and rice culture, recalls the dark nights hunting for the VC along the great brown rivers, living through the TET Offensive, a fight to near death, promises broken, redemption and renewal among the irresistible humanity of a people torn by war and decades of oppression. The discovery of the North, the surprise of Hanoi, chance encounters and unusual coincidences create a vivid and vibrant montage. Delving into the nation's complex, social, cultural and political history, Wilbur's journey makes you understand the country's bitter past, struggling present and hopeful future.

Download or read book The Vietnam Scrapbook written by Mike Subritzky and published by Three Feathers Publishing. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book East Meets West written by Huu Dieu Khuong and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "EAST meets WEST is a detailed historical account which covers an amazing 85-year period by an exceptional first-hand witness. It is not only a poignant story of War and Peace but much more interesting are the descriptions of clashes between culture, the merging between different traditions and customs, the evolution in ways of life and family values, and finally the successful integration into the American Melting Pot. Another remarkable aspect of this book is its illustrations with hundreds of photographs and documents depicting people, events, places and the flow of time. It is a valuable reference book as well as outstanding and entertaining reading." "EAST meets WEST" was written by HUU DIEU KHUONG. The author was recognized by THE NEW YORK TIMES in an article published on Sunday, June 3, 1956 with a title as "Vietnam student here wins M.I.T. Fellowship": "A Vietnamese student at Lafayette College has won a fellowship at Massachusetts Institute Technology, the college said this week. He is Dieu Khuong-Huu, a senior. He ranks first in his field of study, although he has had to work his way through college. He will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette's commencement Thursday. He won one of the five Tau Beta Pi Association fellowships. This will enable him to study at M.I.T. for a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. After that he plans to return to Vietnam to work there."

Download or read book The Vietnam Scrapbook written by Mike Subritzky and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Backtracking in Brown Water written by Rolland E. Kidder and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roland Kidder is a Navy Vietnam War veteran and served as a Patrol Officer with River Division 535 in the Mekong Delta, 1969-70. In this book, he tells his story of revisiting Vietnam forty years later, and tracking down the families of three servicemen, his friends and fellow combatants, who had been killed. Their names, Eldon Tozer, Bob Olson and Jim Rost, are engraved on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. His story ..."is a poignant reminder of the continuing grief and pride extant amongst many and is a fitting memorial to the Army and Riverine heroes and an honor to those who mourn them."

Download or read book East Meets West Volume 2 color Soft Cover written by Dieu Khuong-Huu and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By fate or by destiny my grandmother decided that I would be named "qui Dieu," the Vietnamese word for "Eagle." Little did she know how appropriate the name would be, for the eagle has come to symbolize my life - through all of my journeys and aspirations to fly above the rest and thrive in spite of the challenges that have come before me - in both the East and the West. My first flight across the Pacific was for education. My last flight across the same ocean was for survival. According to Rudyard Kipling "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." But I have asked myself, when "East meets West, then what?" Since the melding of East and West has truly defined my life, I have chosen to tackle this question by sharing the story of my life - from my childhood in the Mekong Delta to the latter half of my life in San Francisco, where I ended up after coming to America as a refugee following the Vietnam War. ... The reader will note this book contains many photos of U.S. landmark sites, which will be familiar to all Americans, and thus wonder why the need for such photos. My answer is that my book is to be translated into Vietnamese and distributed among Vietnamese readers, many of whom will not be familiar with these American landmarks. It has been a worthwhile and exciting journey. Let me now tell you my unique and personal story of "EAST meets WEST"- My flight of the Eagle from the shores of the Mekong Delta to the San Francisco Bay. ...

Download or read book East Meets West Volume 2 color Hard Cover written by Dieu Khuong-Huu and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By fate or by destiny my grandmother decided that I would be named "qui Dieu," the Vietnamese word for "Eagle." Little did she know how appropriate the name would be, for the eagle has come to symbolize my life - through all of my journeys and aspirations to fly above the rest and thrive in spite of the challenges that have come before me - in both the East and the West. My first flight across the Pacific was for education. My last flight across the same ocean was for survival. According to Rudyard Kipling "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." But I have asked myself, when "East meets West, then what?" Since the melding of East and West has truly defined my life, I have chosen to tackle this question by sharing the story of my life - from my childhood in the Mekong Delta to the latter half of my life in San Francisco, where I ended up after coming to America as a refugee following the Vietnam War. ... The reader will note this book contains many photos of U.S. landmark sites, which will be familiar to all Americans, and thus wonder why the need for such photos. My answer is that my book is to be translated into Vietnamese and distributed among Vietnamese readers, many of whom will not be familiar with these American landmarks. It has been a worthwhile and exciting journey. Let me now tell you my unique and personal story of "EAST meets WEST"- My flight of the Eagle from the shores of the Mekong Delta to the San Francisco Bay. ...

Download or read book Echoes of the Mekong written by Peter A. Huchthausen and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In alternating chapters, Huchthausen and Lung recall the experience of war on the vast Mekong River while Lung recalls the terrifying years that followed. Echoes of the Mekong casts a fresh light on the American involvement in Vietnam as it follows two people caught in the war from youth to maturity.

Download or read book Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art Volume 2 written by John Brennan and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian John D. Marshall wrote, "History is shaped by the memories of those who witness it, and the intentions of those who record it." Vietnam veteran Hiawatha Oakes wrote, "I can't thank you enough for your efforts in obtaining a photo of my H-21, the 'Blue Angel', and having it in your book. My family calls your book, "lost pieces of treasures found." These two quotations represent all that is relevant to the author in history gathering: the hard work and its rewards. Here in Volume 2 one will find equally astonishing photos on par with Volume 1, together with some self-help and researched info for sure to tease and delight the aficionado or veteran to unknown degrees. Besides the 165 images, there are search aids for locating one's former in-country Army helicopter. A listing is available of American sites where Huey & Cobra rides are available. The Army museum in Alabama offers a listing they have compiled of two-dozen recommended Huey photo-books. A tabulation of 300 AH-1 Cobra war survivors, their former units, and present location. Also offered is a database of 500 newly found in-country Army helicopter names. There's a little something for everyone.

Download or read book South Wind Changing written by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh and published by . This book was released on 1994-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Marine Corps Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rock Jaw Ladies Club written by Jr E. T. Baysden and published by Lulu Publishing Services. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, the author was part of a group of US Navy advisors billeted so deep in the Mekong Delta that they could only be reached by boat. The Navy forgot about them, the Army ignored them, and there was no "adult supervision" for long periods of time. The result was a madcap whirlwind of bizarre misadventures and risque behavior from Saigon to Sydney and back, as they talked their way onto helicopters, boats, bush planes, (and even a Rickshaw at one point.) For the author and his colleagues, Vietnam could be described as "98% boredom and 2% wet underwear." This book is about the 98%, and the insane things that happened when nobody knew - or cared - where they were!"

Download or read book One Soldier s Story written by Jim Akers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small town Soldier's account of his Military stint, primarily during his time in the Vietnam War with the 9th Infantry Division in 1968-69. Transport yourself back to another time with One Soldier's Story, the war memoir and book by Jim Akers of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Put yourself in the shoes of a young man from Small Town, USA, who found himself in the middle of the Vietnam War. Relive his experience as an American soldier in the years 1968 and 1969 with his account of his time spent in Vietnam. A short version for School age kids as an educational tool...