Mekong First Light: An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0891418164 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mekong First Light James H. Lehne I was in Joe Callaway's OCS class and was assigned, with him, to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry after graduation. We went through training raw recruits, and ourselves, to be a unit at Ft Riley then shipped over to the Mekong Delta. Joe has captured the demands of being an Infantry platoon leader in combat in an exceptioal way. The stress, both physical and mental, of combat operations is accurately stated in human terms. His dealings with the realities of combat are especially relavent to anyone preparing to be a combat leader. Men's lives hinge on your decisions and Joe's . Don't miss it! Walt With Mekong First Light, Joe Callaway has accomplished a very ambitious work not only on his harrowing experiences as an infantry officer in Viet Nam, but how he got there in the first place and how the experience affected his life since those two tours. The book vividly describes the reality of war: the violent loss of life and the mayhem of combat operations, along with a myriad of other factors that affect combat soldiers like lack of sleep, sunburn, bug bites and personal issues back in the real world. This depiction transcends Viet Nam, as it is easier to imagine the environmen. "haunted by similarities" according to William J. Beaman. As a retired Army officer who served during the Vietnam Era (but not in Vietnam) and in Desert Storm I highly recommend this book. The section of the book explaining how we were led into the morass of the Vietnam war is superb. I have reread the last several chapters many times as CPT Callaway so eloquently explains his personal feelings about war. I especially loved his chapter to his sons. I am haunted by this book and how it portrays the similarity (my thoughts after reading his explanation of how we got into Vietnam) between our entry into Vietnam and our entry into Iraq. I comm
But there was one thing he could do well: take the best damn care of his troops he knew how. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most experienced, and best-trained guerrilla soldiers in the world. And when the jungle suddenly erupted in the chaos of battle, the platoon leader was the Cong's first target. Callaway's account chronicles a soldier's painful realization of the true nature of America's war in Vietnam: It was a war that could not be won. . You were the best."--Sgt. We were all wrong. Lonnie "Tallman" Caldwell" "December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. In the Viet Cong-infested provinces around the Mekong Delta where the platoon was assigned, the enemy was always ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. From the Inside Flap "Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the o
You were the best.”—Sgt. But there was one thing he could do well: take the best damn care of his troops he knew how.In the Viet Cong–infested provinces around the Mekong Delta where the platoon was assigned, the enemy was always ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. Callaway’s account chronicles a soldier’s painful realization of the true nature of America’s war in Vietnam: It was a war that could not be won.. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most experienced, and best-trained guerrilla soldiers in the world. And when the jungle suddenly erupted in the chaos of battle, the platoon leader was the Cong’s first target. Mekong F
JOSEPH W. He graduated from Boston University in 1972 and is currently the western sales manager for CYRO Industries, a major chemical and plastics manufacturer. He entered the army as a private in 1965 and, after being commissioned as an officer through Infantry OCS (Officer Candidate School), served in Vietnam from December 1966 until July 1968 as an infantry platoon leader with th