From Time To Time.From Time To Time Robert Newell
Vantage Press Inc. 419 Park Avenue, South, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016 0533152569 $8.95 212-736-1767 From Time To Time: A Soldier's Story Of Life And The Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. by Vietnam veteran This article is about veterans of the Vietnam War. For the French psychedelic musical group, see Vietnam Veterans. Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. Robert Newell, whose upbringing under an abusive father led him to volunteer for duty in Vietnam, in a time when most other young men sought to dodge the draft. Newell's bravery in combat earned him a Bronze Star; yet he does not pretend that he was a hero. Years afterward, he knows and recounts that he was literally a monster and a war criminal, driven virtually insane by his father and his childhood to the extent that dedicating his life to bloodshed and destruction in the American Army pleased him. His skill at keeping his fellow soldiers alive on point duty led the military to cover up his war crimes, though he was eventually pulled from duty and sent to a hospital for psychiatric treatment. A brutally candid account, narrated in the form of disjoint dis·joint v. To put out of joint; dislocate. non-chronological yet overpowering personal memories. |
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