I didnt finish basic training because i was injured and discharged. The vietnam war and militarized refugees examines how the vietnam war has continued to serve as a stage for the shoring up of american imperialist adventure and for the reproduction of american and vietnamese american identities. Army, a sergeant presented him to another young man who was also headed to fort benning, georgia, to start basic. Focusing on the politics of war memory and commemoration, this book retheorizes the connections among history, memory, and power and. If this second read of body count is any indication a return to webbs book should be refreshing and enjoyable. If your success is measured in body counts, you count everyone you can. If you have any questions prior to bidding, please ask. And now, as war erupts in vietnam, ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did some things are. Watch this to feel what marines felt fighting in vietnam. Of the casualties listed on the wall approximatley 1,300 remain missing in action still. In wwii, many soldiers could not fire at the enemy and chose to fire high so as not to hit anyone. The journalistviet cong spy who changed the course of the. Rear naked choke counter, grappling wrestling krav maga technique.
Twostep charlie was the nickname for several of the snakes in the jungles of vietnam. This video shows marine corps basic training in parris island. The biggest ethnic group in vietnam is the kinh, making up a. The allegation that our forces in iraq and afghanistan gradually relearned the counterinsurgency lessons from vietnam is bogus history. The psychological effects of the vietnam war stanford university. Body counts and success in the vietnam and korean wars scholars analyzing the vietnam war frequently argue that the united states armys fixation on body counts the number of enemy deadplayed a major role in contributing to americas failure to win against a third world nation with considerably fewer military forces. The nightly body counts from vietnam on the evening news. I was drafted in june, 1966 and was sent to ft dix,new jersey for basic combat training. The vietnam war and militarized refugeesexamines how the vietnam war has continued to serve as a stage for the shoring up of american imperialist adventure and for the reproduction of american and vietnamese american identities.
Army of vietnam pavn strength, no longer counting the national lib eration front local. And this is something that was inculcated in troops from the earliest days of training. Ive been living in asia for 10 years and started making food and travel videos to document my experiences. Attrition was chosen as the strategy in vietnam because of the end goal of creating a strong buffer against the north, rather than allout invasion. If your success is measured in body counts, you count.
Body counts and success in the vietnam and korean wars. Im glad for the memory loss since it was a very fine read. After finishing the social studies, i want to check out some vietnam war books. I first encountered the very well written body count back when i was a lad during the early 1980s when vietnam war message movies still werent quite the rage just yet, probably in my sophomore year in high school. Training was tough then as we were all guys and got basic combat training because in those days all soldiers were considered infantrymen first regardless of what mos they were given. This goes over what the recruits do in their 12 weeks of becoming a united states marine. Ground force including strategic rear forces, navy, air force, border defence force, and coast guard. Vietnam war 195475, conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam and its allies in south vietnam, the viet cong, against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. Ho chi minh, vietnam s most populous city, rivals that of other asian countries for sheer size and have also started to catch up in terms of tourism arrivals. I have read a lot of books that deal with the different ways we have been involved in. Recruiters promised me training in health sciences, and the army kept that promise barely. This negative impression forced the us into the paris peace talks with north vietnam. Viet cong, the guerrilla force that, with the support of the north vietnamese army, fought against south vietnam late 1950s1975 and the united states early 1960s1973. As many of my subscribers know, i produced a 6 part tv series on the 1960s that included an entire episode on vietnam.
Fortyone years is a long time to hold a secret that haunts its keeper. The united states and vietnam, 19501975 to be a good comprehensive history of the conflict with good detailing of american side decision making. During the vietnam war, american tv executives wanted the most graphic bang bang for their nightly news so they pushed their camera crews into danger, a culture described in a new. Life and death in vietnams television war consortiumnews. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new.
Firstly, the communist fighters vietcongnorth vietnamese army vcnva understood that body count was important to u. I still remember basic training, endless training, k p and guard duty. Your book documents how the american war in vietnam was a. Opinion what a combat medic still carries the new york. It was first officially recognized as a mental health condition in 1980, only five years after the end of the vietnam war. Survival, evasion, resistance and escape wikipedia. He was body count obsessed in a military world where body count was king. The th valley by john del vecchio there have been a number of excellent books about vietnam. Us troop numbers peaked in 1968 with president johnson approving an increased maximum number of us troops in vietnam at 549,500. In this, the first of two volumes of the vietnam plays, pavlo hummel is paired. Posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd is defined as having flashbacks, upsetting memories, and anxiety following a traumatic event. The tet offensive was a coordinated series of north vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in south vietnam. However, haiphong and da nang are also attractive locations, with urban populations of 1.
There was only a handful of weapons collected, but nobody thought. He has a lot of military training since his dad was a military captain. Who you think you are, you standin, nobody tole you to stand. Illegal jungle food in vietnam catching and cooking. If this second read of body count is any indication a return to webbs book. The eservices market segment fitness contains the user and revenue development of two product categories. I will try to investigate this further during my stay. His semiautobiographical novel the shorttimers 1979 was the basis of the film full metal jacket 1987. Exercise in vietnam physical activity and health in vietnam. Viet nam body count is a slightly fictionalized story that reveals the secrets that sailor, mushroom montoya, has kept hidden, in a dark place in his heart. Jim published 12 books on vietnam during his career. Viet nam body count by mushroom montoya, paperback. The pavn is a part of the vietnam peoples armed forces and includes.
Body count figures were grossly exaggerated throughout the vietnam war due to several factors. Through my personal experience, i know the challenges i went through and i use that experience to get results for my clients. Basic training during the vietnam war era the american. We were required to sign documents stating that we would never divulge what we saw or knew. Krav maga training how to escape the rear naked choke. How accurate are the body count figures during the vietnam. South vietnam had a functioning police, district and village governance apparatus. Most of the books cited in this paper gloss over the reasons for going to war simply. This book was so awesome and realistic that i felt the emotions of each. The nightly body counts from vietnam on the evening news with walter cronkite as well as the extremely graphic footage of the ongoing combat, and the coverage of rfks and martin luther king, jr. Badminton is said to be the national sport in vietnam and indeed the son in the house im staying at quickly showed me his racquet that he brought to school.
Isaacs on the day in 1967 when hamilton gregory reported to a tennessee induction center to begin his service in the u. Jerry gustave hasford november 28, 1947 january 29, 1993, also known under his pen name gustav hasford was an american novelist, journalist and poet. Yes during basic drill instructors had plenty say about vietnam, namely if we did not train hard we would end up in nam and probably come home in a body bag. The psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society is a book by dave grossman exploring the psychology of the act of killing, and the military and law enforcement establishments attempt to understand and deal with the consequences of killing. In some cases, there was outandout inflation of the numbers. I do not ship these scarce books in bubble or plain mailers. Department of defense civilians, and private military contractors with training in evading capture, survival skills, and the military code of conduct. There were 10 million americans under arms during the war. Paristhe tet offensive, beginning with the vietnamese lunar new year at the end of january 1968, was the turning point in the vietnam. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the cold war. He was a united states marine corps veteran, who served during the vietnam war. Combat advisers in vietnam knew the score and got ignored.
As if the vietnam conflict wasnt rough enough, here are 5 intense booby traps used by the viet cong in the jungles of vietnam. While i have always considered this one of the best novels on the vietnam war i suppose i should read it again. Phil kelly body expert coach personal training for. The name is said to have first been used by south vietnamese president ngo dinh diem to belittle the rebels. To justify themselves, or to cover up their mistakes, military leaders in vietnam would sometimes instruct their forces to add civilians to the days body count.