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Combat Veterans' Stories of the Vietnam War
- Vietnam War, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Capt. Kevin F. Spalding USNR-Ret
- Series: Combat Veterans' Stories of the Vietnam War, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: History, Military
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Publisher's Summary
This volume, Combat Veterans’ Stories of the Vietnam War, contains 11 autobiographical stories. The first begins in October 1966, and is told by a Marine infantry forward observer who was in 13 operations. The final story in this volume is told by a Marine machine gunner that was in multiple skirmishes and ambushes, in I Corps, including the battle for Hue. Other stories in Volume 2 include those told by a marine infantry officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism and leadership in fighting at villages named Dai Do and Dinh To and a US naval aviator who was shot down and held prisoner by the North Vietnamese.
Volumes 1-4 of this series contain combat experiences told by 57 Vietnam War veterans. Volume 4 also contains information about the armed forces of nations allied with the US that fought against North Vietnam. Volume 5 contains 22 reports, including the US government’s explanation for the war, a review of the war and US armed forces in it, POW treatment, MIAs, the CIA and the drug trade, war crimes, PTSD, moral injury, and history lessons not learned.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- David
- 04-28-18
Ok
Narrator literally worst I’ve ever heard cannot pronounce OFF I CER keeps saying OFFSERS. Annoying. Also a lot of soldiers claiming they won awards but the officer forgot, got shot, political snub yada yada rubbed me the wrong way. Still I’m a sucker for a war memoir so not all bad decent amount of battles recounted but a lot of just summarizing.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 05-21-19
stupidest narrator I have ever heard...3rd grade
what I said ..does this idiot think he is
reading to a 3rd grade class?
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