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Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir [Paperback]

W. D. Ehrhart (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1983 | ISBN-10: 0899500765 | ISBN-13: 978-0899500768

Ehrhart, as an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer, spent 13 months in-country in 1966-67, taking part in the siege of Con Thien and the battle for Hue during the Tet offensive, and earning numerous decorations.

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"brutal, honest, funny and tragic...Ehrhart's sense of timing, his imagery, his poetic sensitivity, and his passion make his book as enjoyable as to read as it is troubling to endure" -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"unrelenting, authentic...eloquent" -- Samisdat

Product Details

Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: McFarland & Company (September 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0899500765
ISBN-13: 978-0899500768
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Neglected! Utterly Real!, March 23, 1999

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Bill Ehrhart's work for too long has been neglected. VIETNAM-PERKASIE is one of the most memorable first-hand accounts of the war which America loves to forget. This memoir is gritty, real, and vastly underrated. It should be made into a film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A TRUE MASTERPIECE, November 16, 1999

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A wonderful memoir of a U.S. Marine in Vietnam---Semper F

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply AMAZING, July 19, 2001

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Was required reading in a class I took about the Vietnam War. Reading this memoir rapidly went from a school assignment chore to pleasure. I read the next two books in the series the following summer. Ehrhart exposes his inner self on the page to the point where it can actually be somewhat difficult to read. He gave a lecture to our class at the end of the semester, and it was quite moving. Do check it out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
I put this up there with the Vietnam novels of Tim O'Brien. I was blown away by it. Too bad more people have not heard of it. Please read this book!

Published on January 30, 2008 by PAUL DAMATO

5.0 out of 5 stars Wrenching voyage from innocence to ...
This is one of the best books written by a combat soldier in Vietnam. You travel with Ehrhart from his home in Perkasie, PA to boot camp and then to some of the most harrowing... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Cost of War
In this story, Ehrhart beautifully tells of the I Corp Marine's experience in '67-68. The cost, both physically and spiritually,to the soldier has to my mind never seemed so... Read more

Published on January 29, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book about the Vietnam war
The Vietnam war, what was it like for a combat marine? Read this book and its sequel to find out. Mr. Ehrhart is a gifted storyteller. His story is unique. Read more

Published on March 12, 2000 by S. Howard

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book by Mr. Ehrhart
Explains in detail the horror of war and the emotions of one man's feelings.

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gook shop, battalion compound, jungle utilities, bunker watch, national policemen, yellow footprints, flame tanks, national police headquarters, battalion command post, fighting hole, paddy dike, magazine pouches, battalion aid station

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Marine Corps, Sergeant Wilson, Con Thien, Lieutenant Kaiser, Sergeant Seagrave, Jesus Christ, Corporal Ehrhart, Captain Braithewaite, Lieutenant Roberts, Gunny Johnson, Hong Kong, Hieu Nhon, Sergeant Trinh, South Vietnam, Alpha Company, Dien Ban, Gunny Krebs, North Vietnamese, Captain Broderick, Phu Bai, Father Ligon, Sergeant Taggart, Colonel Glass, Major Miles, Sadie Thompson

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