Memoirs Of A Veteran

Author : Michael Anthony
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781541581692

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Civilianized by Michael Anthony Pdf

After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home—or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two weeks later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell's Angel. At his wit's end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn't improve in three months, he was going to kill himself. Civilianized is a memoir chronicling Michael's search for meaning in a suddenly destabilized world.

Author : Barry Heard
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781458774163

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Well Done, Those Men by Barry Heard Pdf

In this personal account Barry Heard looks back on his life and his time as a conscript to the Vietnam War. He relates how he and his fellow soldiers were completely unprepared for the emotional and psychological impact of the conflict in Vietnam, and unaware that the horror of war would return nightmarishly in their post-war life.

Author : Isaac Hermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1782820582

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Memoirs of a Confederate Veteran by Isaac Hermann Pdf

An adopted Georgian's story of his war with the Confederacy Posterity is fortunate that the American Civil War has given us dozens of first hand accounts from soldiers of all ranks-and all are absolutely essential. They are source material for both serious and casual students. Accounts from the Union side of the conflict exist in numbers, but it is inevitable that those from the losing side are in fewer number. This account is by a French soldier who fought as an infantryman beside his friends from his adopted state of Georgia. In common with many in the Civil War, Hermann and the First Georgia Regiment quickly found themselves in the midst of hard action where casualties quickly mounted. They saw action at Antietam, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga and on many other bloodily contested fields before the end of the war. The author tells a touching and engaging story in which he reveals himself to be a feisty and resilient soldier disinclined to accept an injury from anyone irrespective of rank, the colour of their uniform or, indeed, those in civilian attire. Originally titled 'Memoirs of a Veteran, ' this title has been slightly changed for this edition to more accurately signal its subject to modern readers. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

Author : John A. Wood
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821445624

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Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War by John A. Wood Pdf

In the decades since the Vietnam War, veteran memoirs have influenced Americans’ understanding of the conflict. Yet few historians or literary scholars have scrutinized how the genre has shaped the nation’s collective memory of the war and its aftermath. Instead, veterans’ accounts are mined for colorful quotes and then dropped from public discourse; are accepted as factual sources with little attention to how memory, no matter how authentic, can diverge from events; or are not contextualized in terms of the race, gender, or class of the narrators. Veteran Narratives and the Collective Memory of the Vietnam War is a landmark study of the cultural heritage of the war in Vietnam as presented through the experience of its American participants. Crossing disciplinary borders in ways rarely attempted by historians, John A. Wood unearths truths embedded in the memoirists’ treatments of combat, the Vietnamese people, race relations in the United States military, male-female relationships in the war zone, and veterans’ postwar troubles. He also examines the publishing industry’s influence on collective memory, discussing, for example, the tendency of publishers and reviewers to privilege memoirs critical of the war. Veteran Narratives is a significant and original addition to the literature on Vietnam veterans and the conflict as a whole.

Author : Isaac Hermann
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1296096610

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Memoirs of a Veteran Who Served as a Private in the 60's in the War Between the States - Scholar's Choice Edition by Isaac Hermann Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Cap. I Hermann
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752389296

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Memoirs of a Veteran by Cap. I Hermann Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Memoirs of a Veteran by Cap. I Hermann

Author : David B. Simmons
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781465349095

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Our Turn to Serve by David B. Simmons Pdf

Our Turn to Serve is a memoir of one soldier’s journey through the unpopular Vietnam War. The reader will accompany him as he graduates from a small town high school, enters and drops out of college, receives his draft notice, leaves family and friends and trains as a U.S. Army infantry soldier. He will take you to the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a young rookie, and bring you back with him a seasoned veteran. You will experience life changing events and return home with a different perspective of this misreported and misunderstood War.

Author : William Daniel Ehrhart
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0870239589

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Passing Time by William Daniel Ehrhart Pdf

Ehrhart documents his troubled return to American society. The account conveys the Vietnam veterans' anger, alienation and moral confusion and reveals the delayed stress in his stateside life.

Author : Frances Houghton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108496919

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The Veterans' Tale by Frances Houghton Pdf

Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.

Author : Myra Mendible
Publisher : Veterans
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1625346301

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American War Stories by Myra Mendible Pdf

Trust in media and political institutions is at an all-time low in America, yet veterans enjoy an unmatched level of credibility and moral authority. Their war stories have become crucial testimony about the nation's leadership, foreign policies, and wars. Veterans' memoirs are not simply self-revelatory personal chronicles but contributions to political culture--to the stories circulated and incorporated into national myths and memories. American War Stories centers on an extensive selection of memoirs written by veterans of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan conflicts--including Brian Turner's My Life as a Foreign Country, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and Camilo Mejia's Road from ar Ramadi--to explore the complex relationship between memory and politics in the context of postmodern war. Placing veterans' stories in conversation with broader cultural and political discourses, Myra Mendible analyzes the volatile mix of agendas, identities, and issues informing veteran-writers' narrative choices to argue that their work plays an important, though underexamined, political function in how Americans remember and judge their wars.

Author : W.D. Ehrhart
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476690490

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Passing Time by W.D. Ehrhart Pdf

From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just passing time. His reentry into the "world" began with his enrollment as a 21-year-old freshman (and token Vietnam vet) at Swarthmore College. At first simply trying to bury his past, Ehrhart slowly came to understand what happened to him, and why, in Vietnam. Interspersed are flashbacks to the war itself. It is the story of political--and personal--awakening. As the war dragged on, the United States' deceitful involvement and its perpetuation of fallacies and lies about the war's conduct forced Ehrhart to confront his own feelings about his government, country and self. Throughout, the reader shares with Ehrhart his odyssey through naivete, growing awareness, angry withdrawal and, finally, a measure of peace.

Author : Michael Clark
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483411163

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One Man’s Story: Memoirs of a Vietnam Vet by Michael Clark Pdf

Michael Clark was an inquisitive, active boy-difficult for his mother, although he wasn't a bad child. In this memoir, Clark begins by detailing his childhood growing up in the fifties and sixties in rural Michigan, where he built forts, became an Eagle Scout, and met his future wife. As the Vietnam War raged, when he turned eighteen, he eventually registered for the draft. In 1969, after his number was called, Clark details how life changed exponentially as he left his new bride behind and reported for duty amid violent protests and draft card burnings. As he narrates his experiences from basic training to his assignment to the army's medical training center and finally his service in Vietnam, Clark provides a compelling glimpse into the emotional influences of war. In this engaging memoir, a Vietnam veteran chronicles his path before, during, and after war as he accepted his fate and learned to embrace the precious gift of life.

Author : Isaac Hermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Georgia
ISBN : 1774262487

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Memoirs of a Confederate Veteran by Isaac Hermann Pdf

Author : Inolin Reyes,Martha Reyes
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781514486092

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“Memoirs” of a Vietnam Veterans Son by Inolin Reyes,Martha Reyes Pdf

My name is Inolin Reyes Jr. I grew up as the only child in the household of the son of a Vietnam veteran. And grandson of grandparents from both sides of the family that fled Puerto Rico in the 1950s from a race war uprising to gain control of the common wealth island. I am a first-time author, and this memoir is my testimony of my family's trials and tribulations, leading up to the day I was born. My trials and tribulations are shared through my writing, sound mind, body and soul. The events that have unfolded on this book are from my own words and facing death face-to-face. I lived to talk about it till this very day! Praise my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Author : Enrico Della Rocca
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0364337850

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Autobiography of a Veteran by Enrico Della Rocca Pdf

Excerpt from Autobiography of a Veteran: 1807-1893 AT the request of my wife and family I begin to-day, Sunday, the I sth January 1893, to dictate my memoirs. I shall incorporate with them historical events in which I had a part, or which passed under my eyes. Until my eightieth year I read without glasses, but gradually my sight has failed and I am almost blind, so my wife will be my secretary. I shall dictate and recount - she will write. We shall make use of the letters I regularly wrote to her during the campaigns of 1859, 1860 and 1866; and also of some hastily-written notes, jotted down, chiefly at her request, between 1870-1885, of impressions and thoughts, of facts witnessed by me, and details about the celebrated men who were my contemporaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.