Deros Vietnam

Author : Doug Bradley
Publisher : Warriors Publishing Group
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6610000243440

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DEROS Vietnam by Doug Bradley Pdf

DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar, experiences of Vietnam support troops. Structurally based on Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, DEROS Vietnam (the acronym stands for Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas) is a riveting collection of 16 short stories and 16 interlinears about the GIs who battled boredom, racial tensions, the military brass, drugs, alcohol—and occasionally the enemy. From cooks and correspondents to clerks and comptrollers, DEROS Vietnam distills the essence of life for soldiers in the rear during the war and, later, back home in a divided America. Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley, a former Army journalist who served in the air-conditioned jungle at U. S. Army Headquarters near Saigon in 1970-71, tells these compelling stories with wit, intensity, and empathy. In doing so, he provides a gateway to a Vietnam experience that has been largely ignored and whose reverberations still echo across America.

Author : Harry Dilkes,Lewis A. Easterly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : 0970627009

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Five Years to DEROS by Harry Dilkes,Lewis A. Easterly Pdf

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317661870

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Vietnam War Slang by Tom Dalzell Pdf

In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.

Author : United States. Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112037328744

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Special Action Office Monograph by United States. Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention Pdf

Author : Doug Bradley,Craig Werner
Publisher : UMass + ORM
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613764268

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place by Doug Bradley,Craig Werner Pdf

“The diversity of voices and songs reminds us that the home front and the battlefront are always connected and that music and war are deeply intertwined.” —Heather Marie Stur, author of 21 Days to Baghdad For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam’s Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools.” And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” or the song that gives this book its title. In We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner place popular music at the heart of the American experience in Vietnam. They explore how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the World back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. They also demonstrate that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans—black and white, Latino and Native American, men and women, officers and “grunts”—whose personal reflections drive the book’s narrative. Many of the voices are those of ordinary soldiers, airmen, seamen, and marines. But there are also “solo” pieces by veterans whose writings have shaped our understanding of the war—Karl Marlantes, Alfredo Vea, Yusef Komunyakaa, Bill Ehrhart, Arthur Flowers—as well as songwriters and performers whose music influenced soldiers’ lives, including Eric Burdon, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Country Joe McDonald, and John Fogerty. Together their testimony taps into memories—individual and cultural—that capture a central if often overlooked component of the American war in Vietnam.

Author : James Wright
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250092496

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Enduring Vietnam by James Wright Pdf

The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of the engagement. Or both. Veterans of the war remain largely anonymous figures, accomplices in the mistake. Critically recounting the steps that led to the war, this book does not excuse the mistakes, but it brings those who served out of the shadows. Enduring Vietnam recounts the experiences of the young Americans who fought in Vietnam and of families who grieved those who did not return. By 1969 nearly half of the junior enlisted men who died in Vietnam were draftees. And their median age was 21—among the non-draftees it was only 20. The book describes the “baby boomers” growing up in the 1950s, why they went into the military, what they thought of the war, and what it was like to serve in “Nam.” And to come home. With a rich narrative of the Battle for “Hamburger Hill,” and through substantial interviews with those who served, the book depicts the cruelty of this war, and its quiet acts of courage. James Wright's Enduring Vietnam provides an important dimension to the profile of an American generation—and a rich account of an American War.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Military
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : UOM:39015077940313

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Review of Military Drug and Alcohol Programs by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Military Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045142978

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Review of Military Drug and Alcohol Programs, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Military Services of ..., 93-1, September 18, 19, 20, 1973 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Defense information, Classified
ISBN : UCAL:B4829165

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Transmittal of Documents from the National Security Council to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Drug addicts
ISBN : LOC:00186274489

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Hearings on H.R. 9503 (H.R. 12846) to Amend Title 10, United States Code, to Authorize a Treatment and Rehabilitation Program for Drug Dependent Members of the Armed Forces, and for Other Purposes by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Armed Services Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119638315

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Report of the Clark Congressional Delegation Regarding Its Inspection of Coast Guard Loran A and C Stations in S.E. Asia and Its Meetings and Consultations Concerning Maritime Policies, Programs, and Problems by United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Clark Congressional Delegation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Aeronautical radio stations
ISBN : SRLF:A0000146308

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Report of the Clark Congressional Delegation Regarding Its Inspection of U.S. Coast Guard Loran A and C Stations in Southeast Asia by United States. Congress. House. Clark Congressional Delegation Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1736 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015035790271

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : Jack Digliani
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781450084420

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Reflections of a Police Psychologist by Jack Digliani Pdf

Reflections of a Police Psychologist is an account of the experiences, thoughts, and observations of a seasoned police veteran. It is written for police officers and those who would like a glimpse into the world of policing from the perspective of a former police officer and current police psychologist. Dr. Digliani discusses the major challenges facing those first entering police work. He addresses police field training and identifies the ten police field training pitfalls. The PATROL program, developed to assist new officers, is outlined. It involves an orientation and phase meetings between new officers and the staff psychologist to support them throughout field training. Dr. Digliani discusses how stress management becomes life management within the concepts of life-by-design and life-by-default. Inside the parameters of life management, a list of Some Things to Remember functions as an instrument for transactional change. The issues related to traumatic stress and exposure are discussed. The insights presented originate out of years of treating officers exposed to traumatic events. The role of police peer support teams is examined. Models for a peer support team policy and operational guidelines are presented. There is also information relating to the confidentiality of peer support interactions, a topic of current controversy. Traumatic incident debriefings and their applications in policing are elucidated, along with phase and freeze-frame models of debriefing. Included is a discussion of the current efficacy research pertinent to traumatic incident debriefings. Police family issues and the Foundation Building Blocks of Functional Relationships are outlined. Various family patterns of interaction are identified, including information for families of traumatized officers. There is a discussion of coping with death and loss, a critical area for police officers. An exposition of mental illness and interacting with the mentally ill from a police perspective is presented. Toward the end of the book, the retirement transition is discussed. In retirement or separation from service, officers return to the civilian world. Some experience difficulty with this transition. Issues to consider before retirement are presented. The final chapter includes the general reflections and policing history of Dr. Digliani. These reflections include the insights that come only with years of policing experience in several police assignments, including that of staff psychologist. This is an excellent book for anyone interested in law enforcement, policing, and police psychology.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1154 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Legislative hearings
ISBN : UCAL:B3603691

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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Armed Services by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services Pdf