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Cammie Up! : Memoir of a Recon Marine in Vietnam, 1967-1968
Overview
In this Marine combat memoir, Steve Johnson recounts his service in Vietnam from April 1967 to May 1968. Only 17 when he enlisted in 1964, Johnson deployed to Vietnam with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and his tour included such now famous locations as Phu Bai, Khe Sanh, Nha Trang and Quang Tri, among others. With a sometimes humorous tone, Johnson describes a war of often terrified high school and college-aged youngsters faced with exotic plant and animal life, monsoon rains, harrowing reconnaissance missions and death. Details are plentiful about tactics, equipment, geography and, always, fellow Marines.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780786466009
- ISBN-10: 0786466006
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Publish Date: November 2011
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Page Count: 288
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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