Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War 9780307486974, 0307486974
"I WAS AMONG THE FIRST MEN IN, AND I WAS THE LAST MAN OUT." In Vietnam, at both the start and finish of the c
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English Pages 360 Year 2008
Table of contents :
Army recruit --
Command training --
Marshaling for war --
Sea voyage --
First firefight --
Shadow war --
At home in the jungle --
Tunnel to hell --
Phoenix and fate --
Lavender Hill --
War is war --
Minh Thanh Road --
Heading home --
The best job in the world --
Nothing could be finer --
Holding the line in Laos --
CIA work in Vietnam --
My bodyguard --
The light at the end of the tunnel --
Promises and confrontations --
KIP collection --
Broken promises --
Air America to the rescue --
Farewell Vietnam.
