Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs.PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES:1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:This is about a n officer assigned to the 25th division, 22nd Infantry, 3rd battalion as B company commander. The officer takes command October 1, 1967 ad leaves February 18, 1968. Of Note is that one of the men in this company is future film producer Oliver Stone According to the introduction Stone added to his story. I did not read this and there is no index so I do not know if Stone is mentioned. This memoir is the real story of that unit and their war. Lieutenant Colonel, Retired Robert Hemphill takes us back to his fighting days in Vietnam when he commanded Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division--the same unit director Oliver Stone fought in and presumably based his Oscar-winning movie Platoon on. Fresh off a promotion and brand-new to Vietnam when he was unceremoniously given command of Bravo Company, the worst fighting unit in the 25th Battalion, Captain Robert Hemphill had to prove his courage and skill as a commander over the next five months--taking Bravo into an endless seres or search and destroy missions, reacting to midnight mortar attacks and ambushed, and trying desperately to not only keep his men alive, but also keep sane in the madness of Vietnam. Then, just when Hemphill was getting the hand of it, the NVA unleashed their 1968 Tet offensive, and Bravo was plunged into the most horrific fighting of the war. From the days of immense boredom to electrifying, toe-to-toe battled with the NVA, this riveting account at last tells the real story of Platoon.
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Signed By: Robert Hemphill
Book Title: Platoon : Bravo Company USA
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9in.
Publisher: Sergeant Kirkland's Press
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: Military & War
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 1998
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1960s
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Author: Robert Hemphill
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Army, Combat, Memoir, Military History, True Military Stories, Vietnam War, War, Warfare, Military / Vietnam War, Military
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6in.
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
