The Ghosts of Thua Thien by John A Nesser

The Ghosts of Thua Thien by John A Nesser

Drafted in October 1968, John A. Nesser left behind his wife and young son to fight in the controversial Vietnam War. Like many in his generation, he was deeply at odds with himself over the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, instilled with a strong sense of duty to his country but uncertain about its mission and his role in it.Nesser was deployed to the Ashau Valley, site of some of the war's heaviest fighting, and served eight months as an infantry rifleman before transferring to become a door gunner for a Chinook helicopter. In this stirring memoir, he recalls in detail the exhausting missions in the mountainous jungle, the terror of walking into an ambush, the dull-edged anxiety that filled quiet days, and the steady fear of being shot out of the sky. The accounts are richly illustrated with Nesser's own photographs of the military firebases and aircraft, the landscapes, and the people he encountered.

“I knew John Nesser for years, and never knew himI read his book. Now I will never forget. He wrote many years after his Vietnam experience and he has forgotten much. But his heart has not. John’s story of adventure (for adventure it was) is as poignant now (in the days of the Iraq debacle and its aftermath) as it was the day he returned to the world. John was a soldier once. Part of him will never be anything else.”—Henry Shovic, author of When There’s Only You: Safe Living for Women.

John A. Nesser is a retired United States Forest Service soil scientist. He lives in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

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ISBN 13	9780786433247
ISBN 10	0786433248
Title	The Ghosts of Thua Thien
Author	John A Nesser
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	McFarland & Co Inc
Year published	2008-04-30
Number of pages	207
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