Over and Out

By James F. Jordan

Vietnam was called (The Jewel of the Orient )that's all Iknew about that small little country in Southeast Asia.This is the story about a guy who grew up in the streets ofPhiladelphia who enlisted into the Marine corps and endedup in the rice patties outside Danang. I will try to explainwhat I saw and how I felt from the day I landed until the dayI departed Thirteen months later. I will do my best to makeplain and clear what it felt like to be placed into an infantryunit where I had to adapt to my new surroundings. I'll tellyou my feelings, being accepted into a squad of experiencedgrunts. Guys that I would spend every day and night with,Guys who cared for each other and watched each others back,we were brothers and we knew it. All we had was each otherand every time we went out on patrol, we knew that it was upto us to survive together. I participated in over 250 patrolsand ambushes and 5 Operations and I can honestly tell youthat I served my tour of duty with the greatest group of guysanyone could ever serve with. We were members of the 2'ndBattalion 1'st Marine Division (The Professionals) the NorthVietnamese Army referred to us as The Ghost Battalion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482048019
• ISBN13: 9781482048018
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"