Death Angel

Death Angel

Harry Spiller

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Editorial:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Historia de Asia
ISBN:
9780786467419
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The author enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, with dreams of becoming a hero. Two years later, a disillusioned young sergeant returned from a tour of Vietnam, his new assignment, recruiting: finding a 'few good men' for the Corps--and soon, too often, delivering death messages to the families of those he had recruited. Here are gut-wrenching memories of a Marine’s service in Vietnam, the grief of the parents, and the burden of guilt suffered by the bearer of the news.

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