Letters Home: Reflections of a Marine Rifleman

Berg, George

ISBN 10: 1957077484 / ISBN 13: 9781957077482

Published by George Berg, 2023

About this Item

Seller Inventory # I-9781957077482

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters Home: Reflections of a Marine Rifleman
• Publisher: George Berg
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1957077484
• ISBN 13: 9781957077482
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Letters Home is written from letters home to family, official U.S. Marine Corps documents, military maps, conversations with fellow Marines, and hospital records. The author recounts his very personal combat experiences as an infantry Rifleman in Vietnam. It is a candid and often uncomfortably frank description of the brutal conditions Marines faced in Vietnam in 1968. The year, 1968 was the most violent of the entire war for the Marines - the operational tempo was extreme and unrelenting. During the long hot summer in the war, the new Marine was challenged with ethical and moral dilemmas, and decisions young men in war are often forced to make - sometimes just to survive. As many warriors do, the author grappled with the consequences of the war in Vietnam for a lifetime. Letters Home captures much of what warfare is like for individual Marines.

About the Author

After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps George Berg spent 40 years in the construction Industry - 25 of those dedicated to Leadership development and quality and productivity improvement. He holds AA and AAS degrees from Sauk Valley College and a BS degree from Colorado State University. George has two adult daughters, two grandsons and lives with his wife Lenora on their ranch in Texas where they raise registered Angus cattle.