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Winner: New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, History book - Arizona subject

In 1966, nine young men left the Arizona desert mining camp of Morenci to serve their country in the far-flung jungles of Vietnam, in danger zones from Hue to Khe Sanh. Ultimately, only three survived. Each battled survivor’s guilt, difficult re-entries into civilian life, and traumas from personally experiencing war—and losing close friends along the way.

Such stories recurred throughout America, but the Morenci Marines s...

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History Military Biography Military History United States History U.S. Military Biography United States Armed Forces Vietnam War/French Indo-Chinese War 20th Century United States History - 1945 to 2000 20th Century United States History - Wars & Conflict U.S. Military Biography - General & Miscellaneous U.S. Marine Corps - Military Biography Marine Corps - United States Armed Forces Vietnam War - General & Miscellaneous U.S. Politics & Government - 1968-1977 U.S. Politics & Government - 1963-1969 Vietnam War - United States - Political Aspects 20th Century American History - Vietnam War Vietnam War, 1961-1975->Veterans->United States->Biography United States Marine Corps->Biography

The Morenci Marines: A Tale of Small Town America and the Vietnam War