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In March of 1965, Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Danang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home, physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caputo, Philip (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador, [2017]
Edition:Fortieth anniversary edition.
Subjects:
Caputo, Philip.
United States. > Marine Corps > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.
Table of Contents:
  • The splendid little war
  • The officer in charge of the dead
  • In death's grey land.