A Life in a Year
By James R. Ebert
Published by Presido Press
Year published 1993
Book format Hard cover
Summary
To read this book is to take a vicarious march in an infantryman’s boots from induction to battle to discharge. The author shares the raw and revealing emotions experienced by those unsung men called “grunts.” Nothing in all the literature on the Vietnam War conveys a more vivid feel for what it was like to be young and out front in that forlorn war. Infantrymen are among the few on the battlefield who truly know what war is all about. this book is their story.
notes Slight wear on dust jacket
By James R. Ebert
Published by Presido Press
Year published 1993
Book format Hard cover
Summary
To read this book is to take a vicarious march in an infantryman’s boots from induction to battle to discharge. The author shares the raw and revealing emotions experienced by those unsung men called “grunts.” Nothing in all the literature on the Vietnam War conveys a more vivid feel for what it was like to be young and out front in that forlorn war. Infantrymen are among the few on the battlefield who truly know what war is all about. this book is their story.
notes Slight wear on dust jacket
By James R. Ebert
Published by Presido Press
Year published 1993
Book format Hard cover
Summary
To read this book is to take a vicarious march in an infantryman’s boots from induction to battle to discharge. The author shares the raw and revealing emotions experienced by those unsung men called “grunts.” Nothing in all the literature on the Vietnam War conveys a more vivid feel for what it was like to be young and out front in that forlorn war. Infantrymen are among the few on the battlefield who truly know what war is all about. this book is their story.
notes Slight wear on dust jacket