365 and a Wake-Up: My Year in Vietnam
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (737 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0899901522 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He spent January 1968 to January 1969 in the rice paddies and the jungles of Vietnam and was awarded several medals of valor including the Silver Star. After completing his military service, he benefited from the GI Bill and received a Master's Degree in special education, French, and American history. About the Author Frank Jolliff was drafted in 1967 during the Vietnam conflict and trained as a combat medic.
This book is a chronicle of his experiences with a platoon of grunts as they hump through the mire of rice paddies, the jungles peppered with Agent Orange, and the booby-trapped hootches of the seemingly friendly villages. 365 and a Wake-Up is a front row, day-by-day chronicle as seen through the eyes of a common infantryman. The story describes vividly the mixed bag of soldiers whose main agenda is not only to kill the Viet Cong but to simply make it through each of the 365 days and be given their wake-up.. The author, a twenty-year-old combat medic during his tour of duty, tells his story with all the trepidation of a typical draftee
Frank Jolliff was drafted in 1967 during the Vietnam conflict and trained as a combat medic. He spent January 1968 to January 1969 in the rice paddies and the jungles of Vietnam and was awarded several medals of valor including the Silver Star. . After completing his military service, he benefited from the GI Bill and received a Master's Degree in special education, French, and Amer
Grady Harp said 'Numbuh One Bac Si'. Frank Jolliff's book 'Numbuh One Bac Si' Frank Jolliff's book 365 AND A WAKE-UP: MY YEAR IN VIETNAM is so carefully written that it seems as though this 20 year old medic (termed 'bac si' in Vietnamese) assigned to the army platoon was using a tape recorder to register all of the progress of his year of active duty in Vietnam from January 1968 to January 1969. If the author is writing from. 65 AND A WAKE-UP: MY YEAR IN VIETNAM is so carefully written that it seems as though this "'Numbuh One Bac Si'" according to Grady Harp. Frank Jolliff's book 'Numbuh One Bac Si' Frank Jolliff's book 365 AND A WAKE-UP: MY YEAR IN VIETNAM is so carefully written that it seems as though this 20 year old medic (termed 'bac si' in Vietnamese) assigned to the army platoon was using a tape recorder to register all of the progress of his year of active duty in Vietnam from January 1968 to January 1969. If the author is writing from. 65 AND A WAKE-UP: MY YEAR IN VIETNAM is so carefully written that it seems as though this 20 year old medic (termed 'bac si' in Vietnamese) assigned to the army platoon was using a tape recorder to register all of the progress of his year of active duty in Vietnam from January 1968 to January 1969. If the author is writing from. 0 year old medic (termed 'bac si' in Vietnamese) assigned to the army platoon was using a tape recorder to register all of the progress of his year of active duty in Vietnam from January 1968 to January 1969. If the author is writing from. 365 and a Wake-up by Frank Jolliff Robsmommy Do you enjoy reading true accounts from war veterans? Like reading stories from the Vietnam war, written by those who bravely fought in it? So do I.which is why I was thrilled to read Frank Jolliff's 365 and a Wake-up: My Year in Vietnam (Jan 1968 to Jan 1969).Jolliff spent a year there as a combat medic, trampling through the rice paddies, througho. vivid account of a year in Vietnam Schmerguls The author spent 365 days in Vietanm in 1968-9. This book was not published till 2010, but purports to set out much detail in a chronological manner, though the author does not claim to have kept any kind of diary. Thus the book does not have the kind of authenticity which a book like Pacific War Diary 1942-1945, by James J. Fahey (read 10 Jun 2010)