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Warriors: An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam

Warriors: An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam

by RobertTonsetic (Author)

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    Mass Market Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

In this powerful and honest memoir, Robert Tonsetic recalls his experience as an army rifle commander of the 4th/12th Infantry during the first six months of 1968, the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War. 1968 began with the Tet Offensive and was closely followed by the May Offensive. In between there were several large-scale search-and-destroy operations involving deadly fire fights with Vietcong and North Vietnamese units. Warriors is the story of an officer during these pressure-filled months, as he made life-and-death decisions to try and keep himself- and his men - alive in the jungles of Vietnam. *Eyewitness account of crucial stages of the Vietnam War *Vivid recollections of brutal fighting in the jungles of Vietnam

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: 15 Mar 2004
ISBN 10: 089141844X
ISBN 13: 9780891418443

Media Reviews
He tells the story ...with crisp, clean, fast-moving prose, unromanticized and unsentimental, but not without affection for the men of Charlie Company. -Carl Schoettler, Baltimore Sun April 7, 2004. His straightforward, low-key account of horror, boredom, camaraderie, humor, heroism, the...turmoil...at home, and his own...discomfort at how it was being conducted, demonstrates...the experience of a typical rifle unit. -Bostonia, Spring 2004 Awarded the Writer of Excellence Award for 2004 by the 199th Light Infantry Brigade Association
Author Bio
Robert Tonsetic was born in Pennsylvania. He was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant out of the University of Pittsburgh in 1964. After a one-year tour with Special Forces in Thailand, he joined the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. Assigned to Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, he served as company commander for six months during the Tet and May Offensives of 1968. He returned to Vietnam in 1970 and served as a senior advisor to Vietnamese Ranger and Airborne units. He retired from the army in 1991 with the rank of Colonel after twenty-seven years of service. After leaving the army, he earned a doctorate in education and taught for five years as an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida. He lives with his wife Polly on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Warriors is his first book.