LEADER 02911nam 2200433 450 001 9910162957303321 005 20230810001927.0 010 $a1-4766-2742-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001044901 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4797299 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001044901 100 $a20170215h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aVietnam war river patrol $ea U.S. gunboat captain returns to the Mekong Delta /$fRichard H. Kirshen 210 1$aJefferson, North Carolina :$cMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (261 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4766-6814-0 327 $aFirst 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. 330 $a"As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and its crew. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist. This journal records his impressions of the Delta as seen first from a river patrol boat, then from a luxury cruise ship"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xNaval operations, American 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xRiverine operations, American 607 $aMekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia)$xDescription and travel 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xNaval operations, American. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xRiverine operations, American. 676 $a959.704345 700 $aKirshen$b Richard H.$01247893 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162957303321 996 $aVietnam war river patrol$92892618 997 $aUNINA