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Author: Ronnie D. Foster Publisher: ISBN: 9781733241199 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Vietnam War was a war like no other war the United States had ever fought. In previous wars, success was measured by territory gained, sometimes miles, sometimes inches. In Vietnam the score was kept by body counts. A hilltop savagely contested and conquered one day, would be abandoned the next. There were no front lines. Every GI in Vietnam was subject to attack at any time. Teenagers would become seasoned jungle fighters, battle-hardened grunts, helicopter gunners, river boat crewmen and combat medics. Those guys who didn't come home from Vietnam served with honor and valor and received numerous medals for bravery, including the Medal of Honor. From the never-ending fight for freedom, 34 names are listed on the Wall of Honor at the Veterans Memorial Park in McKinney, Texas; 22 of those died on faraway battlefields. These are their stories.
Author: Ronnie D. Foster Publisher: ISBN: 9781733241199 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Vietnam War was a war like no other war the United States had ever fought. In previous wars, success was measured by territory gained, sometimes miles, sometimes inches. In Vietnam the score was kept by body counts. A hilltop savagely contested and conquered one day, would be abandoned the next. There were no front lines. Every GI in Vietnam was subject to attack at any time. Teenagers would become seasoned jungle fighters, battle-hardened grunts, helicopter gunners, river boat crewmen and combat medics. Those guys who didn't come home from Vietnam served with honor and valor and received numerous medals for bravery, including the Medal of Honor. From the never-ending fight for freedom, 34 names are listed on the Wall of Honor at the Veterans Memorial Park in McKinney, Texas; 22 of those died on faraway battlefields. These are their stories.
Author: Ronnie D Foster Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 244
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Collin County Freedom Fighters, The Vietnam War, tells the stories of 35 young men from the same rural county in Texas who died during the Vietnam War. Included is the story of Lt. Russell A. Steindam and how he received a posthumous Medal of Honor. From the Mekong delta to the DMZ, the lives of the soldiers sailors, airmen and Marines are followed in as much detail as possible. Not all were killed in Vietnam. Some died of accidents back in the States, and they are covered as well.All gave some and some gave all. These are their stories.
Author: Ronnie D Foster Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 126
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In 1950 the army of communist North Korea, in a vicious and merciless attack, invaded the free Republic of South Korea, murdering everyone who got in their way, and the United States found itself in another war. With the war in Korea coming just about five years after the end of WWII, the world was not interested in hearing about more death and destruction. Partly due to apathy and the fact that most families were still trying to put their lives back together after the last war, the Korean War became known as the "Forgotten War". In one of the most bloody and savage campaigns in our history, our boys, although under trained, out armed and outnumbered at almost every battle, fought valiantly and courageously. Hundreds of young Collin County Freedom Fighters left their homes and families, donned the uniform and traveled halfway around the globe in the never-ending fight for freedom. Twenty-six boys didn't come home. These are their stories. "A soldier is not dead until he is forgotten."
Author: Ronnie D. Foster Publisher: ISBN: 9781733241144 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Korean War, is the second book in a series of Collin Country Freedom Fighters - True Stories from the Wall of Honor, by Ronnie D Foster, in association with the Collin County History Museum and will be available at all Collin County public libraries, high schools and museums. Twenty-six boys didn't come home. These are their stories, "A Soldier is not dead until he is forgotten."
Author: Ronnie D Foster Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 326
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"One Day As A Lion" Is a work written by a McKinney, Texas, resident about local boys. But these subjects of the book form part of a tragic sphere. The 21 subjects, who each command a chapter, were all young men from Collin County who died serving their country in the Vietnam War. That was the hook for me. The truth is, I cracked open this book knowing little about the war. Perhaps this is an indictment of our education system, but I had never studied the Vietnam War, not in high school, not in college. We spent weeks learning about England in the 1500s, but not a single minute about one of the most tumultuous periods in this nation's history. So it was that I had a deeper mission in mind than just finding out about local heroes when I opened "One Day As A Lion." Foster snagged me in the first chapter. Ronnie Foster served in Vietnam, and it's obvious early on that there was a greater sense of purpose guiding his fingers across the keyboard in the creation of this work. A former Marine, Foster knows what he's talking about, and it's that inside knowledge that really helps move this book along. When Foster talks about life in the rice paddies, it's obvious he knows what he's talking about. But the Collin County men who lost their lives in country are at the heart of "One Day As A Lion." Young men like Royce Glenn Scoggins and Charles W. "Bill" Bryan left their homes and family in McKinney to willingly serve their country and never came home. Foster's purpose in allowing us to get to know these young men is to bring the war home and make it more real. "One Day As A Lion" is an unflinching look at war. It gets up close and personal and pulls no punches. If you're looking for a candy-coated collection of obituaries, look elsewhere. Nearly every chapter deals with the life and death of local soldiers. Their time in Vietnam is chronicled, as is the way each of them died. At times, the book is a hard read simply because the reader gets to know these young men as more than names at the beginning of a chapter, yet their fate is already cast. "One Day As A Lion" is an emotional roller coaster, but it is a must-read for anyone wanting to know more about what happened half a world away some 35 years ago. Well-written and factual without being overly so, "One Day As A Lion" is an entertaining and intriguing read. Oh, and what of the title? It comes from an old Tibetan proverb: "It is better to have lived one day as a lion than to live ten thousand years as a sheep." Fitting.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 1428910808 Category : Languages : en Pages : 68
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The defense debate tends to treat Afghanistan as either a revolution or a fluke: either the "Afghan Model" of special operations forces (SOF) plus precision munitions plus an indigenous ally is a widely applicable template for American defense planning, or it is a nonreplicable product of local idiosyncrasies. In fact, it is neither. The Afghan campaign of last fall and winter was actually much closer to a typical 20th century mid-intensity conflict, albeit one with unusually heavy fire support for one side. And this view has very different implications than either proponents or skeptics of the Afghan Model now claim. Afghan Model skeptics often point to Afghanistan's unusual culture of defection or the Taliban's poor skill or motivation as grounds for doubting the war's relevance to the future. Afghanistan's culture is certainly unusual, and there were many defections. The great bulk, however, occurred after the military tide had turned not before-hand. They were effects, not causes. The Afghan Taliban were surely unskilled and ill-motivated. The non-Afghan al Qaeda, however, have proven resolute and capable fighters. Their host's collapse was not attributable to any al Qaeda shortage of commitment or training. Afghan Model proponents, by contrast, credit precision weapons with annihilating enemies at a distance before they could close with our commandos or indigenous allies. Hence the model's broad utility: with SOF-directed bombs doing the real killing, even ragtag local militias will suffice as allies. All they need do is screen U.S. commandos from the occasional hostile survivor and occupy the abandoned ground thereafter. Yet the actual fighting in Afghanistan involved substantial close combat. Al Qaeda counterattackers closed, unseen, to pointblank range of friendly forces in battles at Highway 4 and Sayed Slim Kalay.
Author: Colin L. Powell Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0307763684 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 701
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book.”—The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm—but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier’s directness. My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell’s passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, “the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers” inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 142891594X Category : Languages : en Pages : 158
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Friendly fire incidents often disrupt the close and continuous combined arms cooperation so essential to success in modern combat, especially when that combat is conducted against a well armed, well trained, and numerically superior opponent. This study, by presenting selected examples in their historical settings, is intended only to explain a few of the most obvious types of friendly fire incidents and some of the causative factors associated with them. By directing the attention of commanders and staff officers responsible for the development, training, and employment of combat forces to the hitherto little explored problem of friendly fire incidents, this study is intended to generate interest in and solutions for the problems outlined. The scope of this study is limited to incidents involving US forces in World War II and Vietnam, although some evidence is available from other conflicts in the twentieth century has also been considered. In sum, this study can claim to be no more than a narrative exposition of selected examples. Although its conclusions must be considered highly speculative and tentative in nature, this study can be of substantial value to an understanding of the problem of friendly fire in modern war. Chapters one through 5 of this report discuss: Artillery Amicicide; Air Amicicide; Antiaircraft Amicicide; Ground Amicicide.
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