The Vietnam Jungle Speaks

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Papa Books

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491_9781948994088

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This illustrated book is a true and rare eye-witness account of what front-line combat was really like in the jungle of Vietnam. Some called it search and destroy. In reality, it was more like expose and retaliate. Written by a front- line Infantry Lieutenant who had a duty to keep as many of his men alive as possible. This book shows the boots-on-the-ground perspective of real soldiers. Relive history with the best non-fiction Vietnam War book written this decade! The author, Lieutenant George M. Papa, details the time he spent as the Platoon Leader of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, of the 1/46 Battalion, of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division in the free-fire zone of Eye Corps, during the Vietnam War. Lt. Papas full 13-month tour fell between the North Vietnamese Armys destruction of his battalion headquarters in May 1969 (battle of Landing Zone Professional) and the NVA overrun of that same relocated HQ in March 1971 (battle of LZ Mary Ann). Both of these defeats are detailed. This last battle was such a disaster that several ranking officers were courts marshaled for dereliction of duty. Because of that investigation and the ensuing depositions, the true and shocking sequence of events during that battle are now accurately portrayed in this book. In addition to many combat events, Lt. Papa also details the mistakes made by Washington, which included the failure to recognize and to fix the many local religious and social injustices, which fueled that war. The vast majority of the South Vietnamese were Buddhists, who could not vote or advance economically, so they inherently sympathized with their fellow Buddhists from the north to jointly reclaim South Vietnam from the minority, but controlling Catholic converts in the south, who usurped the vestiges of the former 100-year French occu

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