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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11450000/11452162.jpg) Frederick Downs Jr. received four Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star with Valor, and the Silver Star for his service in the Vietnam War. He lives in Fort Washington, Maryland. Amazing read, would definitely recommend it. I can only imagine the crap soldiers had to go through during the war. Not knowing who was the enemy be it an old man or a kid. Had to be terrifying.  | ||
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Chef
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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Athos
United States2484 Posts
It was good, but I don't know how many books about Vietnam I could stomach... | ||
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Mah Buckit!
Finland474 Posts
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Ganfei
Taiwan1439 Posts
On August 02 2009 14:17 Mah Buckit! wrote: Does it say infanrtymn on the left ? Yes, yes it does. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
Also, just out of curiosity, have you read "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah? | ||
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poilord
Germany3252 Posts
My recommendation would be "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places" by Le Ly Hayslip, which centers around the life of Hayslip who lived in a village on the "line" between the north and the south. Reading about her life between the Americans and Vietcong was really captivating. Another book that comes to mind would be Graham Green's "The Quiet American," which, however, talks about the French in Vietnam in the 1950s written from the view of a British reporter. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
On August 02 2009 18:34 Lemonwalrus wrote: Is it fiction or non-fiction? Also, just out of curiosity, have you read "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah? Non-Fiction. No I haven't is it any good? | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
On August 03 2009 02:46 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Non-Fiction. No I haven't is it any good? I liked it, and most people on the other sites I visit liked it. It is also non-fiction; a memoir of a boy soldier from Sierra Leone. I will definitely put the one in the OP on my list. | ||
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food
United States1951 Posts
On August 02 2009 18:34 Lemonwalrus wrote: Is it fiction or non-fiction? Also, just out of curiosity, have you read "A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah? one of the realest things I read about the war, fucking mesmerizing | ||
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