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Upon his arrival in Vietnam, Lieutenant Paul Clement Pritchard found himself assigned to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam's Four Corps as a military Advisor. From Four Corps, he was recruited into the Phoenix Program, which was designed to neutralize, capture, interrogate, and kill influential Viet Cong operatives. Pritchard saw horrors as both a military Advisor and a member of a Phoenix provincial reconnaissance unit. He saw violations of the Geneva Convention on both sides and watched as the military slowly ceded the Phoenix Program to government agencies. Throughout his ordeal, Pritchard wrote letters home-letters that gave no indication he'd held the limp body of a bloody baby in his arms, stepped in to prevent the torture of a young woman by his erstwhile allies, or endured sniper attacks and mortar fire. His letters offer a stark contrast to the reality he lived in-the humid, wet world of the Vietnam jungle, where death was an ever-present danger. A unique, candid, honest look at the Vietnam conflict from the ground level, "A Young Man in War" covers months in Pritchard's life that are seared into his memory, no matter how much he'd like to forget them.

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Title A Young Man In War: Vietnam Phoenix Advisor and A Survivor's Tale
Author Paul C. Pritchard
Binding Paperback
Pages 178
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Date 2017-12-08
ISBN 9781978398023 / 1978398026
Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
Dimensions 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.38 in (22.91 x 15.19 x 0.97 cm)

About the author

Decorated Vietnam veteran Paul Clement Pritchard is "one of the nation's most influential conservationists." His impact has helped create over half of America's national parks, the first US estuarine and marine sanctuaries, and state heritage programs. Pritchard founded the National Park Trust and served as president of the National Parks and Conservation Association from 1980 to 1997. He was the founding chair of the Climate Institute and created the March for Parks, the world's largest annual Earth Day event. As a decorated career officer in the US Department of the Interior, he chaired a presidential task force and was a driving force behind the creation of Alaska national park units. For his contributions to conservation, Pritchard has received the Secretary of the Interior's Honor Award for Meritorious Service, the Gulf Conservation Award, and the first Albert Schweitzer Prize in the Humanities. He is married and has four grown children.

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