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The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam

by Andrew Wiest
Osprey. 2012. c.376p. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781780962023. $25.95. HIST
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Wiest (history, Univ. of Southern Mississippi) tells the story of the 9th Infantry Division's Charlie Company, an all-draftee unit made up of soldiers from all over the country. The members of the unit all entered the service at the same time, trained together, and went to Vietnam together. After a chance encounter with one veteran of Charlie Company, Wiest interviewed more than 60 others, as well as family members of some who did not make it home, to discover not only the story of this unit in the Vietnam War, but to reveal the individuals and families involved. The author supplements these oral histories with archival research, though he does not provide source notes.
VERDICT This is a compelling and intimate look at one unit's wartime experience, filled with loss, excitement, humor, and pain that readers of wartime memoirs will especially want to share.
Reviewed by MM , Nov 15, 2012
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