
Vietnam, 1969 - 1970: A Company Commander's Journal (No.1)
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Alexander MacDonald
Lieutenant Michael Lee Lanning went to Vietnam as an eager young patriot who was confident of surviving the war. After six months in-country, he was promoted at age 23 to company commander, and his sense of duty began to shift from his nation to preserving the lives of the men in Bravo Company.
Lanning and his men faced an enemy who was patient, elusive, and firm in the belief that they could outlast the Americans. The young commander also confronted the prospect of sudden, violent death, bone-numbing weariness, and the stench of blood and decaying flesh. He would lose friends and would acquire a cynical contempt for all Vietnamese, both allies and enemies.
Vietnam, 1969 - 1970 is taken from the journals the author kept during his tour of duty. He wrote, "I dusted off men with wounds that will disable them for the rest of their lives. I dusted off a dead man that was one of the best soldiers I ever have known. I am realizing the full burdens of being a company commander."
The book is published by Texas A&M University Press.
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Life changing
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At one point he relishes how great his accomplishments were and what great pride he has in what he has done and that the Vietnam war had been a great point in his life.........that is all good. But he forgets one thing. The war was not that great for many. He does remember those who died but only in passing. It is as if the fact he had been to the war and survived was made the greater accomplishment because so many others had not made it.
To me, the whole damn war was a disgrace and a mistake. The American soldier, the young American soldier, fought and died for patriotism, Mom and apple pie and was one of the finest soldiers every to go afield. The problem is that this war was a tragic misuse of these fine young men. Politicians sent us to war and then interfered with the process. 58,256 died for what? No one seems to really know. What purpose did it serve? Everyone of us who went should quietly and humbly honor our service but openly and loudly demand that no American soldier ever be sent to a useless war again. Next time, send the politicians first. The true heroes of Vietnsm have come home and recognizing the tragedy, have quietly remembered but never bragged. The memory of those dead should quiet any thought of believing that war a great experience. It wasn’t.
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