Rucksack Grunt, A Vietnam War Veteran's Memoir.. This is a brand new second edition paperback copy of RUCKSACK GRUNT , A Vietnam Veteran's Memoir.
A great gift for your beloved veteran. You can find a lot of great Rucksack Grunt book reviews using any search engine. Currently has 4.2 stars rating on Amazon and 4.3 stars on Goodreads. The events of this narrative take place from 1969 – 1972. The memoir details a naive teenage boy’s evolutionary journey from his safe suburban neighborhood in Pennsylvania to the dangerous jungles and mountains of the Central Highlands as well as into the coastal rice paddies of Vietnam during the latter years of the war. Though, not a blood and guts war story, this first-hand emotional account reveals the many traumatic and sometimes disturbing encounters of Robert Kuhn, the “rucksack carrying grunt” who served with the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry unit during his Vietnam tour of duty. Many Vietnam Veteran readers find that they appreciate discovering parts of the story that they can identify with and relate to while remembering their own similar personal Vietnam tour of duty experiences! Spouses, friends, and family members of Vietnam Veterans may also gain some insight into some of the experiences, thoughts, and feelings that their Veteran doesn’t talk about, but lived through, during his or her struggles in Vietnam. Published by Robert Kuhn (September 24, 2021)
ISBN: 978-1-7376922-4-9 (Paperback book)
ISBN: 978-1-7376922-0-1 (eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2021918548
Language: English
186 Pages (including front and back matter)
Illustrated with 35 pictures from the author’s personal photo album
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
Printed in the United States of America
Table
of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- My High School
Years
- 1970, Drafted!
- Induction into the
Army
- Fort Dix, NJ
- Basic Training
- AWOL
- Fort Jackson, SC -
AIT
- 1971, Cam Ranh Bay
- Tuy Hoa Air Base
- First Field Trip
to An Khe
- The Convoy
- Back at Tuy Hoa
Airbase
- Second Field Trip:
The Central Highlands
- Medevac to Qui
Nhon Hospital
- Bad Times at Tuy
Hoa
- Third Field Trip:
The Central Highlands
- Going to School?
- The Last Infantry
Unit in MR II
- 1972, Stand-Down
- ETS:
- Back to the World
- Medals Surprise
- Final Thought
- Afterword
- Am I a Real Vietnam Veteran
- Epilogue
- Glossary and
Acronyms
- About the Author Listing by the author of the book "Rucksack Grunt" a Vietnam Veteran's Memoir. Sale Benefits Disabled American Veterans (DAV).