Ground Pounder: A Marine's Journey Through South Vietnam, 1968-1969In early February of 1968, at the beginning of the Tet Offensive, Private First Class Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam as an eighteen-year-old U.S. Marine. Amid all of the confusion and destruction, he began his tour of duty as an 81mm mortarman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which was stationed at Con Thien near the DMZ. While living in horrendous conditions reminiscent of the trenches in World War I, his unit was cut off and constantly being bombarded by the North Vietnamese heavy artillery, rockets, and mortars. Direct, honest, and brutal in his observations, Short holds nothing back in describing the hardships of modern warfare and our leaders' illusions of success. |
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Contents
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Chapter Three | 41 |
Chapter Four | 65 |
Chapter Five | 79 |
Chapter Six | 93 |
Chapter Seven | 115 |
Photos | 141 |
Chapter Ten | 193 |
Chapter Eleven | 223 |
Chapter Twelve | 253 |
Chapter Thirteen | 273 |
Chapter Fourteen | 295 |
Notes | 325 |
Glossary and Abbreviations | 329 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ground Pounder: A Marine's Journey Through South Vietnam, 1968-1969 Volume 6 of North Texas Military Biography Issue 6 of North Texas military biography and memoir series |
| Author | Gregory V. Short |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of North Texas Press, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1574414526, 9781574414523 |
| Length | 340 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Military Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs History / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War |
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