Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir

Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir

by Al Sever (Author)

Synopsis

Al Sever served as a helicopter crew member in Vietnam from 1968 - a year of heavy and desperate combat - to 1972, when the US troops suffered both moral and physical disintegration. From the Delta to the DMZ, he participated in eleven of the sixteen campaigns of this most terrible war. In Xin Loi, Viet Nam Sever recounts his experiences with stark and unflinching honesty, describing fully the awfulness of this war of warrior-boys. The book reveals the shocking reality of what young US soldiers faced, and details the horror of a young man's coming of age in desperate circumstances.

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: 01 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 0891418563
ISBN 13: 9780891418566

Media Reviews
A grunt's-eye view of the Vietnam War by a good soldier.
-DAVID HACKWORTH

Xin Loi, Viet Nam lays it all on the line. . . . A story that every reader who wants to feel part of the battles he fought should know.
-WILLIAM R. PHILLIPS, author of Night of the Silver Stars: The Battle of Lang Vei

Author Bio
AL SEVER, a crew member on various types of helicopters, served in Vietnam from the heavy combat days of 1968 to the moral and physical disintegration of our forces in 1972. From the Delta to the DMZ, he observed the varied facets of the war as the opposing armies clashed and maneuvered throughout the country. He lives in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.