Goodbye Charlie: Recollections of Vietnam by Charlie Hughes

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Author's Synopsis

The story of my year in Vietnam 1967-68 assigned as artillery surveyor with HHB 1st Battalion 27th Artillery, then assigned half-way through my tour as a photographer in S-5 at Headquarters 23rd Artillery Group in Phu Loi. The book takes the reader through basic, training as a battalion in Fort Sill, traveling by ship to Vietnam and the day-to-day struggles of a non-infantry soldier dealing with mortar attacks, the heat, long days, perimeter duties, loneliness, numerous helicopter trips to fire support bases and the Tet Offensive.

Format(s) for review: Paper Only

Review Genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography

Number of Pages: 275

Word Count: 82,006