| Ground Pounder: A Marine's Journey Through South Vietnam, 1968-1969 Contributor(s): Short, Gregory V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1574414526 ISBN-13: 9781574414523 Publisher: University of North Texas Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Vietnam War |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012004730 |
| Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In early February of 1968, at the beginning of the Tet Offensive, Private First Class Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam as an eighteen-year-old U.S. Marine. Amid all of the confusion and destruction, he began his tour of duty as an 81mm mortarman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which was stationed at Con Thien near the DMZ. While living in horrendous conditions reminiscent of the trenches in World War I, his unit was cut off and constantly being bombarded by the North Vietnamese heavy artillery, rockets, and mortars. Direct, honest, and brutal in his observations, Short holds nothing back in describing the hardships of modern warfare and our leaders' illusions of success. |