Grey ghosts : New Zealand vietnam veterans talk about their war

By:

Challinor, Deborah, 1959- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland Hodder Moa Beckett 1998Description: 288 p : ill photoISBN:

1869586581

Subject(s):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- New Zealand

DDC classification:

959.704 CHA

Summary: This is one of very few personal accounts of the Vietnam war. It includes "controversial, gripping, first person accounts of what it was like to helicoptered into the jungle to fight guerrilla-style battles after receiving minimal training". Vets also talk about the role of camaraderie and mateship, the competitiveness and the nightmare of fighting under incompetent officers.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	959.7043 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00217899

This is one of very few personal accounts of the Vietnam war. It includes "controversial, gripping, first person accounts of what it was like to helicoptered into the jungle to fight guerrilla-style battles after receiving minimal training". Vets also talk about the role of camaraderie and mateship, the competitiveness and the nightmare of fighting under incompetent officers.

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