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Kotcher Joann Puffer <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Donut Dolly [[electronic resource] ] : an American Red Cross girl's war in Vietnam / / by Joann Puffer Kotcher |
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Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-39506-1 |
9786613395061 |
1-57441-441-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Collana |
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Number 6 in the North Texas military biography and memoir series |
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Soggetti |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - War work - Red Cross |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Women - United States |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-340) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The early years -- Arrival and An Khe -- A blacked-out runway -- A disguise to fool a sniper -- Hot landing zone -- Dong Ba Thin -- Poison booth at the carnival -- Di An -- Bring a case of beer -- A veteran under the desk -- Bien Hoa and the voyage home -- Rabies -- Ambush in the delta -- The cigarette in the rain -- The long, confusing trip home -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: let us remember -- Appendix 2: some questions answered -- Appendix 3: whatever happened to?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Donut Dolly puts you in the Vietnam War face down in the dirt under a sniper attack, inside a helicopter being struck by lightning, at dinner next to a commanding general, and slogging through the mud along a line of foxholes. You see the war through the eyes of one of the first women officially allowed in the combat zone as a civilian noncombatant. Joann Puffer Kotcher is faced with life or death decisions. In Vietnam, she visited troops from the Central Highlands to the Mekong Delta, from the South China Sea to the Cambodian border. At four duty stations, she set up recreation centers and ma |
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