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On Point; A Rifleman's Year in the Boonies: Vietnam 1967-1968
by Roger Hayes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0891417095
- ISBN 13
- 9780891417095
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2000 Presidio Press, Novato, CA. 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; surface rubbing from shelving. Black boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 249 pp 8vo. The memoirs of an Army rifleman who served in the jungles of Vietnam mostly as the pointman of his platoon. His service was between the time in 1967 that the enemy was on the run and 1968 with Tet when the tide of opinion turned. Wounded times in his tour in the boonies, he survived to write his memoirs of Vietnam. A clean and very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003934
- Title
- On Point; A Rifleman's Year in the Boonies: Vietnam 1967-1968
- Author
- Roger Hayes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0891417095
- ISBN 13
- 9780891417095
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Place of Publication
- Novato, CA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vietnam, rifle platoon, pointman, point man, walking point, Purple Heart, combat wounds, PTSD, Vietnam Jungles, Tet offensive, Hue, Cholon, Tan son Nhut Air Force Base, 25th Division
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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