02911nam 2200433 450 991016295730332120230810001927.01-4766-2742-8(CKB)3710000001044901(MiAaPQ)EBC4797299(EXLCZ)99371000000104490120170215h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierVietnam war river patrol a U.S. gunboat captain returns to the Mekong Delta /Richard H. KirshenJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,2017.©20171 online resource (261 pages)Includes index.1-4766-6814-0 First encounter -- Go back? -- Flying follies -- Hong Kong to Saigon -- How the Navy got me to Vietnam -- Japan and overt sexuality -- Subic Bay, diving and Coronado -- Prep-work for war -- Arrival -- How the hell had I ended up in this mess anyway? -- Touring Saigon -- My initial introduction to Saigon -- Eating -- Cu Chi, Mr. Nam and the tunnels -- Operation Giant Slingshot -- The post office and the Angkor -- Nha Be -- River jobs -- The mekong -- The Eskimo -- Visits along the river -- Fish farms and wiping out a village -- Cambodia and night travel -- Phnom Penh and the killing fields -- Our prisoner -- The boat show -- New life -- Visiting a Cambodian village -- Again with the darkness and my night on the river -- The fighting monks -- Zippo boats and body counts -- The afternoon trip without me -- R & R -- Bus rides and ox carts -- On watch -- Busses, goat roads and Angkor Thom -- Life on the river and getting shot -- The hotel and New Year's Eve -- Cam Ranh Bay -- Angkor Wat and the citadel of women -- Bare sole -- Hanging out in town -- The incidents -- Bangkok and the end of the trips -- Entertainment -- War? -- Acronyms and foreign words."As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and its crew. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist. This journal records his impressions of the Delta as seen first from a river patrol boat, then from a luxury cruise ship"--Provided by publisher.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Naval operations, AmericanVietnam War, 1961-1975Riverine operations, AmericanMekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia)Description and travelVietnam War, 1961-1975Naval operations, American.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Riverine operations, American.959.704345Kirshen Richard H.1247893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162957303321Vietnam war river patrol2892618UNINA