Alpha One Sixteen: A Combat Infantryman's Year in Vietnam

by Peter Clark and Peter Clark

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Peter Clark's year in Vietnam began in July 1966, when he was shipped out with hundreds of other young recruits, as a replacement in the 1st Infantry Division. Clark was assigned to the Alpha Company. Clark gives a visceral, vivid and immediate account of life in the platoon, as he progresses from green recruit to seasoned soldier over the course of a year in the complexities of the Vietnamese conflict...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612005993
• ISBN13: 9781612005997
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"