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Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99051566
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20200626124846.0
Fixed Data 8 071220s2008 ncuab 001 0deng
LC Card 10    $a 2007052123
ISBN 20    $a9780786433247 (softcover : alk. paper)
Obsolete 39    $a272888$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dGCG
Geog. Area 43    $aa-vt---$an-us---
LC Call 50 00 $aDS559.5$b.N47 2008
Dewey Class 82 00 $a959.704/3092$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aNesser, John A.
Title 245 14 $aThe ghosts of Thua Thien :$ban American soldier's memoir of Vietnam /$cJohn A. Nesser.
Imprint 260    $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2008.
Phys Descrpt 300    $ax, 197 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
Abstract 520    $a"In this memoir, Nesser, who served as an infantryman and door gunner, recalls in detail the exhausting missions in the mountainous jungle, the terror of walking into an ambush, the dull-edged anxiety that filled quiet days, and the steady fear of being shot out of the sky"--Provided by publisher.
Note:General 500    $aIncludes index.
Note:Content 505 $aDrafted -- Welcome to Vietnam -- The Ashau Valley -- The jungle -- Night assault -- Body count -- Firebase Bastogne -- Sapper attack -- Walking point -- Camp Sally -- The DMZ -- The bridge -- Door gunner -- Getting short -- Welcome home -- Dreams and illusion.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$vPersonal narratives, American.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xPsychological aspects.
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aNesser, John A$d1946-