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Chapter 3 - CANNON FODDER, Part 2 Inductees entering the Army after TET '68 were not all equal. Some could anticipate duty in V'nam immediately upon completing AIT.
Cannon Fodder describes the experiences of an African-American soldier's US Army service during the Vietnam War from Induction - during the beginning growth of the anti-war movement in 1968 - to Discharge in 1971 - shortly before U.S. ground forces ceased active combat operations.
The Air Force section of Bien Hoa was located about 2 miles from the Army section. During our short drive to Company A44, the 1st Sergeant, "Top" Harkins, opened-up with small talk about the airbase. "You know, Time Magazine says Bien Hoa is the busiest airport in the world.
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To explain how New Standards men — this is what they officially were known as — were recruited, some more background information about the standards themselves will be necessary. Newly enlisted soldiers took the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) to determine their military aptitude. Tests were divided into five categories: 1. Category I: Very ...
Unlike forging a test result during basic training, performance in combat isn’t something that can be manipulated. At a certain point, there was nobody left to pass the New Standard soldiers off to. As a result 5,478 mentally disabled soldiers lost their lives. Project 100,000 soldiers saw combat at a rate nearly twice as high as other soldiers and...
New Standards soldiers returned home to circumstances worse than when they’d joined the military. Many were traumatized from combat and suffered frompost-traumatic stress disoder.Others were adversely affected by the cruel and abusive treatment they received from fellow service members while in the military. A 1991 study compared the outcomes of Pr...
Buchanan Walleris an Army Reservist, law student, and writer. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and dog.
The Navy’s top enlisted sailor tried to lift the spirits of a beleaguered crew. He didn’tWhat this old Russian tank tells us about the invasion of UkraineNavy’s top enlisted sailor tells crew dealing with string of deaths that his answers won’t ‘make you real happy’The Air Force is trusting the internet to name its ridiculous new cybersecurity mascotAug 3, 2017 · During the Vietnam War, Long Binh Post was the U.S. Army’s largest base located in the former South Vietnam. It was situated between Bien Hoa, the location of a large American airbase, and Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The Geography and Map Division holds a map from the war that was printed and created …
Feb 24, 2021 · The vast majority went to the army, to the front lines in the jungles of Vietnam, where they were undertrained, confused, and vulnerable. Those that survived faced a different hell when they returned home.
Stable link here: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp14509. Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American. Call number: DS556.4 .C64 1987. Other copies: Look for editions of this book at your library, or elsewhere.
