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“gary b blackburn”

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  • Unlikely Warriors

    The Army Security Agency's Secret War in Vietnam 1961-1973

    by Gary B. Blackburn, Lonnie M. Long ...
    In early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal building. The plane slowed to a halt; steps were maneuvered up to its side, and the door was pulled open. The tropical night air was heavy and dank, and the moon shone dimly through high thin clouds. On board the aircraft were ninety-two members of a specially selected team. The men were dressed in indistinguishable ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Bacterial Biogeochemistry

    The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling

    by Tom Fenchel, Henry Blackburn, Gary M. King ...
    Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Third Edition focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation, assimilation and reduction of carbon nitrogen and sulfur, and microbial symbiosis. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a historical perspective, and covers in greater depth topics such as bioenergetic ... Read more

    $119.19 CAD

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  • Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories

    by Jim Pepper ...
    After graduating from the University of Missouri in 1969 I was commissioned as an officer in the Marines. I served an interesting tour of duty in Southeast Asia in 1972, during which time I was in and out of six different countriesincluding Vietnam. A greenhorn lieutenant when I landed, I was eventually promoted to captain. Because of my God given take charge personality and a few very junior ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Dak To

    America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands

    by Edward Murphy ...
    **“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News“A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine**In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Enter and Die!

    by James W. Milliken ...
    Enter and Die is a true war story about Jim Milliken and the Third Platoon, Delta Company, Second/Sixtieth, of the Ninth Infantry Division and their service in Vietnam. It is an accurate account of the historical facts and the time frame in which it occurred. The first-person soldier’s narration captivates the reader by becoming emotionally involved with the members of the Third Platoon. The ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • 11C1p

    Eleven Charlie One Papa

    by James M. Mallen ...
    This is the report of an American Paratrooper, Infantry, boots on the ground, in Viet Nam in the mid 1960s. It is not a romanticized, sanitized, fantasized Hollywood version of ground combat. It is a description of life on the ground for your military grandfathers, fathers, uncles and brothers. When they returned from Viet Nam, this is not what they talked about. It was too painful, too raw, too ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Gone Native

    An NCO's Story

    by Alan Cornett ...
    On his first combat assignment, Cornett accompanied the Vietnamese Rangers on a search-and-destroy mission near Khe Sang. There he gained entree into a culture that he would ultimately respect greatly and admire deeply. Cornett's most challenging military duty began when he joined the Phoenix Program. As part of AK squad, he dressed in enemy uniform and roamed the deadly Central Highlands, ... Read more

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  • Acceptable Loss

    An Infantry Soldier's Perspective

    by Kregg P. Jorgenson ...
    In just ten months in Vietnam, he was overrun, shot up, but not underworked—he survived fifty-four missions as point man. He has one hell of a story to tell.You didn't get into the Rangers without volunteering, and you didn't stay on point unless you liked it. But after watching most of his buddies die in a firefight when his LRRP team was overrun by the NVA, Kregg Jorgenson volunteered to serve ... Read more

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  • Dead Center

    A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

    by Ed Kugler ...
    WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS,EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST.Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there--the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at seventeen, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966.As a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • A Lonely Kind of War

    Forward Air Controller, Vietnam

    by Marshall Harrison ...
    From retired Air Force pilot Marshall Harrison comes a remarkable memoir of aerial warfare in Vietnam. In his third combat tour, Harrison found himself converted from the high performance world of jets to the awkward-looking OV-10 Bronco and assigned as a FAC forward air controller. A captivating tale of valor, brotherhood, and patriotism unravels in the pages of A Lonely Kind of War, Forward Air ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

    The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere

    by Eric Smith, Harold J. Morowitz ...
    Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive picture of the living state, the authors develop the argument that the emergence of life was a necessary cascade ... Read more

    $73.59 CAD

  • Charlie Rangers

    by Don Ericson, John L. Rotundo ...
    They were the biggest Ranger company in Vietnam, and the best. For eighteen months, John L. Rotundo and Don Ericson braved the test of war at its most bloody and most raw, specializing in ambushing the enemy and fighting jungle guerillas using their own tactics. From the undiluted high of a "contact" with the enemy to the anguished mourning of a fallen comrade, they experienced nearly every ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD