Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of duty to himself and to his country.
Through a variety of combat duties--with the infantry, the 36th Engineer Battalion, F Co. 75th Rangers and the 174th Assault Helicopter Co.--and several close calls with death, Grzesik's detailed memoir recounts his two tours in-country, where he hoped merely to survive with a semblance of heroism, yet ultimately redefined himself.
Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of duty to himself and to his country.
Through a variety of combat duties--with the infantry, the 36th Engineer Battalion, F Co. 75th Rangers and the 174th Assault Helicopter Co.--and several close calls with death, Grzesik's detailed memoir recounts his two tours in-country, where he hoped merely to survive with a semblance of heroism, yet ultimately redefined himself.
We Had to Get Out of That Place: A Memoir of Redemption and Betrayal in Vietnam
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We Had to Get Out of That Place: A Memoir of Redemption and Betrayal in Vietnam
215
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476690513 |
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| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
| Publication date: | 09/20/2022 |
| Pages: | 215 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |