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Troubled hero [[electronic resource] ] : a Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the war at home / / Randy K. Mills



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Autore: Mills Randy Keith <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Troubled hero [[electronic resource] ] : a Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the war at home / / Randy K. Mills Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
Disciplina: 959.704/37
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Soggetto topico: Medal of Honor
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - United States
Post-traumatic stress disorder - Patients - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-162) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
Sommario/riassunto: Born 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
Titolo autorizzato: Troubled hero  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-07556-X
9786612075568
0-253-11243-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457747603321
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