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John D. Herrick - No Good War Volume 26, Inbunden

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No Good War Volume 26

An Infantry Memoir of the Vietnam War

Av John D. Herrick

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The war in Vietnam and the draft put a great black cloud over an entire generation of Americans during the 1960s and '70s. Many resisted the draft, many even fled the country, but most, when called, went into the military and served. This is the story of one man who was drafted, spent a full year in combat as an infantry soldier, and describes what life has been like for him since coming home.John D. "Jasper" Herrick served in the US Army 1st Cavalry from March 1967 to March 1968. During that time, day to day, he depended on his fellow grunts, like Chief, and on letters from home to stay alive and maintain some degree of sanity. He did the usual activities of the grunt in this war: search and destroy missions and ambush patrols, always remaining alert and looking for the enemy. He fought in one large battle, the Battle of LZ Pat, during which his company was decimated and brought down below half its intended number, largely due to the incompetence of officers. Because of events like this, he developed a great disdain for officers and REMFs (rear echelon mother f——ers). Herrick was promoted three times, achieving a final rank of sergeant E-5, and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Air Medal, two Bronze Stars, and the customary service ribbons. He was able to turn down a Purple Heart.There are plenty of memories in No Good War that might stir fellow veterans who served in the infantry in Vietnam and perhaps elsewhere. Herrick's story will also inform readers who have never experienced war but may have wondered what it was like for someone close to them. You can take the soldier out of the war, but you can't get the war out of the veteran.
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John D. "Jasper" Herrick was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. Ten days after he returned home from Vietnam, he met his future wife, Libby. After active duty Herrick returned to college and earned a bachelor's and two master's degrees, with a career first in education and then as a counselor. John and Libby live in Maine.

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"No Good War lends some new 'attitude' points of view that are not as frequently mentioned in other books. Herrick does a good job of describing a year in Nam with great passion and zeal. The reunions, the visits to the Wall, and the visit with Chief's family are very moving and will have a lasting impression on readers—particularly Vietnam veterans. Those chapters are the strongest, and Vietnam veterans will tear up reading those pages."—Ron Milam, author of Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War"This is very good—a brisk, fascinating glimpse of a twelve-month tour in Vietnam from the combat infantryman's perspective. I found it riveting."—Geoffrey Wawro, author of The Vietnam War: A Military History"The Vietnam War was, by any honest reckoning, a 'no good war.' This book makes that case again and again — but its real target is the US Army itself, and how it often used draftees and enlisted men as fodder to advance the careers of Regular Army officers. Those officers rotated through frontline units for four months at a time, just long enough to collect medals and citations, while the men who served the full twelve-month tour paid the price in blood. John D. Herrick was skeptical of the war, but he did his duty when called, trained as an infantryman, and served with distinction in the 1st Air Cavalry Division. He survived the hardships of the jungle and the terror of combat that took the lives of men he loved. His band of brothers was what kept him alive. This book captures what it meant to be a grunt in Vietnam and stands as a wake-up call to the Army that sent him there."—James Kearney, author of Duty to Serve, Duty to Conscience: The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics During the Vietnam War (UNT Press)

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