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February 1968. The TET Offensive.Exploding flags that attack helicopters, a sergeant who smuggles bar girls into an American field hospital, a one eyed Quartermaster who talks like a pirate, an Australian soldier who is accidentally awarded the Purple Heart and a paranoid ball bearing clicking staff officer who thinks he's Napoleon, make up just some of the characters and events in this true story.
There's even a plot to kidnap a visiting Australian politician, strip him naked and leave him in a rice field out in the boondocks - such were the sentiments towards those who were supposed to be looking out for the soldiers' welfare.
Ironically years later the same politician was found wandering in a daze, trouser-less in a Memphis hotel.
More than forty years after he returned from the Vietnam War, the author reveals events during his tour of duty with the Australian Army. Told from the perspectives of others as well as his own, this is a sometimes tragic - sometimes frustrating, but consistently humorous and cleverly crafted narrative about how it was for a group of young men who really didn't want to be there.
30,000 words, approx 150 pages. Includes color photos and video links.
A Coffee Book, Quick Read.
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