Author: | Andrew Zakrzewski | ISBN: | 9781304570147 |
Publisher: | Lulu.com | Publication: | July 24, 2014 |
Imprint: | Lulu.com | Language: | English |
Author: | Andrew Zakrzewski |
ISBN: | 9781304570147 |
Publisher: | Lulu.com |
Publication: | July 24, 2014 |
Imprint: | Lulu.com |
Language: | English |
After some experience as a cadet, Andrew succeeds in becoming a Marine officer and is selected for training as a Naval Aviator. He continues with mixed feelings, but gets his Navy Wings of Gold and joins a Marine squadron in South Carolina to get combat-ready for the Viet Nam war. He has a good deployment in Viet Nam and participates in many combat missions and also serves some time in a Marine infantry battalion. He returns home as a minor hero and soon discovers that due to Defense politics and budget cutbacks his career as a Marine officer will be too brief.
After some experience as a cadet, Andrew succeeds in becoming a Marine officer and is selected for training as a Naval Aviator. He continues with mixed feelings, but gets his Navy Wings of Gold and joins a Marine squadron in South Carolina to get combat-ready for the Viet Nam war. He has a good deployment in Viet Nam and participates in many combat missions and also serves some time in a Marine infantry battalion. He returns home as a minor hero and soon discovers that due to Defense politics and budget cutbacks his career as a Marine officer will be too brief.