Ordinary Lives: Platoon 1005 & the Vietnam War. Hardcover - 1999
by Ehrhart, W. D
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- Title Ordinary Lives: Platoon 1005 & the Vietnam War.
- Author Ehrhart, W. D
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition (1st Edition)
- Condition New
- Pages 334
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Temple, 1999, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 59-551
- ISBN 9781566396745 / 1566396743
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.23 x 6.27 x 1.04 in (23.44 x 15.93 x 2.64 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Marines - United States, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - United
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-39963
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the jacket flap
In 1993, Ehrhart began what became a five-year search for the men of his platoon. Who were these men alongside whom he trained? Why had they joined the Marines at a time when being sent to war was almost a certainty? What do they think of the war and of the country that sent them to fight it? What does the Corps mean to them? What Ehrhart learned offers an extraordinary window into the complexities of the Vietnam Generation and the United States of America then and now.
Drawing from military records and family accounts as well as interviews -- some of which Ehrhart held in such active secondary roles as dairy farmhand, fishing companion, and impromptu guest at a family wedding -- this book records the more than thirty-year journey that each man took after boot-camp graduation on August 12, 1966. Photos of the men, both then and now, accompany the profiles. Their stories are diverse, but as Ehrhart says, "It was, in short, history, and each of these men was and is a part of that history.... There are, no doubt, scoundrels and liarsand losers among them, but as a group they have mostly impressed me with their decency and their loyalty and their hard work and their perseverance in the face of hardships and hurdles, the everyday obstacles that make ordinary lives extraordinary".
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/1999, Page 134
