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Crouching Beast

Frank Boccia
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      The book describes my first seven months in Viet Nam, as a platoon leader in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry. I wanted to make it about the men I led and served with, and in some measure my reaction to the events of those seven months. The first part of the book deals with the routine tactics, unending work, misery and occasional hilarity of infantry life. The bulk of the book, however, deals with two events, within three weeks of each other: The battle of Dong Ngai and the battle of Dong Ap Bia - Hamburger Hill. The Rakkasans - the 3/187th - are the most highly decorated unit in the history of the United States Army, and two of those decorations were awarded for those two battles. By happenstance, I was in the middle of both. These are truly historical events. I wanted to convey the real face of war, both its mindless carnage and its nobility of spirit. Above all, I want to convey what happened to both the casual reader and the military historian and make them aware of the extraordinary spirit of the men of First Platoon, Bravo Company. They were ordinary men doing extraordinary things.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Frank Boccia EAN: 9780786474394 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 843 g HEIGHT: 251 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-06-26 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War WIDTH: 175 cm SPINE:

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      Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

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      Frank Boccia lives in New Bern, North Carolina.
      The book describes my first seven months in Viet Nam, as a platoon leader in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry. I wanted to make it about the men I led and served with, and in some measure my reaction to the events of those seven months. The first part of the book deals with the routine tactics, unending work, misery and occasional hilarity of infantry life. The bulk of the book, however, deals with two events, within three weeks of each other: The battle of Dong Ngai and the battle of Dong Ap Bia - Hamburger Hill. The Rakkasans - the 3/187th - are the most highly decorated unit in the history of the United States Army, and two of those decorations were awarded for those two battles. By happenstance, I was in the middle of both. These are truly historical events. I wanted to convey the real face of war, both its mindless carnage and its nobility of spirit. Above all, I want to convey what happened to both the casual reader and the military historian and make them aware of the extraordinary spirit of the men of First Platoon, Bravo Company. They were ordinary men doing extraordinary things.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Frank Boccia EAN: 9780786474394 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 843 g HEIGHT: 251 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-06-26 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War WIDTH: 175 cm SPINE:

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      Military history: post-WW2 conflicts

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      Frank Boccia lives in New Bern, North Carolina.

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