Vietnam War River Patrol

A U.S. Gunboat Captain Returns to the Mekong Delta

Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Richard H. Kirshen ISBN: 9781476627427
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: February 10, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Richard H. Kirshen
ISBN: 9781476627427
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: February 10, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and certified U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and the lives of its crew. Ambushes and firefights became the norm, along with numerous dives—almost 300 in 18 months. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist. This journal records his contrasting impressions of the Delta—alternately disturbing and enlightening—as seen first from a river patrol boat, then from a luxury cruise ship.

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As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and certified U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and the lives of its crew. Ambushes and firefights became the norm, along with numerous dives—almost 300 in 18 months. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist. This journal records his contrasting impressions of the Delta—alternately disturbing and enlightening—as seen first from a river patrol boat, then from a luxury cruise ship.

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