{"product_id":"the-only-war-we-had-a-platoon-leader-s-journal-of-vietnam-volume-11-williams-ford-texas-a-m-university-military-history-series","title":"The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader’s Journal of Vietnam (Volume 11) (Williams-Ford Texas A\u0026M University Military History Series)","description":"“In my year in Vietnam, I walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Delta, searching for the elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted my way through the triple-canopy jungle, fighting the North Vietnamese Regulars. . . . I sweated, thirsted, hunted, killed. Somewhere in all my experiences, I overlapped the situations of nearly every infantryman and many others who served.”\n\nMichael Lee Lanning’s journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field—the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of this memorable book, first published in 1987, show an eager young recruit growing before the reader’s eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran.\n\nSubsequent volumes in his Vietnam Trilogy will detail Lanning’s tour as a company commander and his post-war investigation into the mind of the enemy. Through his eyes, readers see the reality of a war that did not always receive glory but was, in his words, “the only war we had.”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1585446041\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1585446041.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lanning, Michael Lee\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41576497938490,"sku":"DBV.1585446041.A","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1585446041-0.jpg?v=1785728353","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-only-war-we-had-a-platoon-leader-s-journal-of-vietnam-volume-11-williams-ford-texas-a-m-university-military-history-series","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}