G1201 bury him; A Memoir of the Vietnam War
Author: Captain Doug Chamberlain
Publisher: Love the West Publications
Publishing Date: 2019
ISBN: 978-1-950647-03-3
Summary:
In this frank, engaging memoir, Captain Chamberlain chronicles the missions, personal courage and sacrifice of the Marines he was privileged to command; painfully recalls the unspeakable order he and his Marines were forced to obey; and the cover-up which followed. Nearly four decades later, Captain Chamberlain makes right what was wrong; brings closure to the family of a fallen and abandoned warrior; and attempts to put to rest the guilt which plagued his military career and life. Unlike most books on the Viet Nam War, this book is written at a tactical level by a Marine Company Commander who was there.
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Meet the Author:
Doug Chamberlain, the grandson of homesteaders in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska, grew up with the "country values" instilled in him in the rural environment of a very small community. Even though there were only 10 students in his high school graduating class, several of his classmates pursued careers, public service, and military service that took them to various locations around the world. His rural values and the foundational reinforcement of those values at the University of Wyoming and John Brown University proved to be tested in their entirety when he became a Marine Infantry Officer in the Viet Nam War. His life changing experiences in that war proved to haunt him during his search to solve a mystery that spanned 50 years...and Bury Him details the sordid facts and the horrible truth that had eluded him.
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Personal Opinion:
My first order of business is to say thank you to the author for serving in the army. ( while I may disagree with violence and fighting, I was raised to be respectful to veterans.) This is probably the first book I read that went into detail about how marines worked and operated: I actually found myself enjoying the story and loved the added details about the war as well as the civilians who have lived there during the time. So yes, not only marines life and missions, but there was a lot of detail about the country itself. Throughout the story, i grew to really admire the author and his courage as well as his writing and decision making skills. I also should mention that this is not a romantic tale. ( It often feels as if every book one has read is romantic, and this one doesn't have romance.)
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This is for iRead Reviews
4 out of 5
(0: Stay away unless a masochist 1: Good for insomnia 2: Horrible but readable; 3: Readable and quickly forgettable, 4: Good, enjoyable 5: Buy it, keep it and never let it go.)
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