LEADER 02932nam 22006254a 450 001 9910457747603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-07556-X 010 $a9786612075568 010 $a0-253-11243-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362311 035 $a(EBL)313179 035 $a(OCoLC)290477301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285019 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912610 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285019 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262039 035 $a(PQKB)10024365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313179 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16559 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL313179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10191886 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207556 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362311 100 $a20060228d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTroubled hero$b[electronic resource] $ea Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the war at home /$fRandy K. Mills 210 $aBloomington, IN $cIndiana University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34795-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-162) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: I'd Give My Immortal Soul for That Medal; Part I; 1. Down in Egypt; 2. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?; 3. A Party School; 4. I Felt I Was Born That Weekend; 5. Maybe I Can Help Somebody; Part II; 6. My Life Changed Forever; 7. They Stood Alone; 8. Just a Damn Piece of Metal; 9. Back in the World; Appendixes; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index 330 $aBorn in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. As a conscientious objector, Kays did not carry any weapons, but his actions during that engagement would earn him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet Kays' valor came during just another unheralded fire fight near the end of a long an 606 $aMedal of Honor$vBiography 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xVeterans$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPost-traumatic stress disorder$xPatients$zUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedal of Honor 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xVeterans 615 0$aPost-traumatic stress disorder$xPatients 676 $a959.704/37 676 $aB 700 $aMills$b Randy Keith$f1951-$0940488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457747603321 996 $aTroubled hero$92120906 997 $aUNINA