Our Time : Training, Deploying, and Combat with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry

Ltc (Ret) John E. Gross

ISBN 10: 149173096X / ISBN 13: 9781491730966

Editore: Iuniverse, 2014

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The 9th Infantry Division was formed in a new and unique way in 1966. Traditionally, soldiers attended basic training on one Army post, Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at another, then reported to their units to begin serving with soldiers they had never met. The 9th was different. Recruits reported directly to the units they would serve in combat with. They received their basic and AIT under the leaders who would take them into combat in Vietnam. The book begins with training on the plains of Fort Riley, Kansas, then follows the battalion across the Pacific on the USS John Pope. It follows them to an open field, where they would have to build their own base camp. All too soon, they were thrown into the intense combat of Operations Cedar Falls, Junction City, and Manhattan. Theirs is the story of living, eating, sleeping, and trying to keep clean during perhaps the most decisive year of the most divisive war in our nation's history. The story ends with a brutal battle on a nondescript hilltop and the house-to-house fighting during the Tet Offensive of 1968. It is the story of some of the bravest, most dedicated soldiers to ever wear the uniform of the United States Army.

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• Titolo: Our Time : Training, Deploying, and Combat with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry
• Editore: Iuniverse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 149173096X
• ISBN 13: 9781491730966
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 9 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 9 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 240 grammi

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The 9th Infantry Division was formed in a new and unique way in 1966. Traditionally, soldiers attended basic training on one Army post, Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at another, then reported to their units to begin serving with soldiers they had never met. The 9th was different. Recruits reported directly to the units they would serve in combat with. They received their basic and AIT under the leaders who would take them into combat in Vietnam. The book begins with training on the plains of Fort Riley, Kansas, then follows the battalion across the Pacific on the USS John Pope. It follows them to an open field, where they would have to build their own base camp. All too soon, they were thrown into the intense combat of Operations Cedar Falls, Junction City, and Manhattan. Theirs is the story of living, eating, sleeping, and trying to keep clean during perhaps the most decisive year of the most divisive war in our nation's history. The story ends with a brutal battle on a nondescript hilltop and the house-to-house fighting during the Tet Offensive of 1968. It is the story of some of the bravest, most dedicated soldiers to ever wear the uniform of the United States Army.

L'autore

John Gross served as a company commander in the 82nd Airborne, the 9th Division in Vietnam, and in the 4th Division. He was a staff officer Japan and in the 7th Division, a Ranger instructor and served on the faculty at the Armed Forces Staff College.