After My Lai: My Year Commanding First Platoon, Charlie Company
Language: English
Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 2009
- First Edition
- Softcover
- New
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University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 2009. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded: spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 166 pp 8vo. The author took command of First Platoon immediately after they had committed the My Lai massacre. This book documents the horrific effects of the war on both sides of the struggle. His vivid descriptions of platoon-level tactical operations as his men plunge into jungle gloom and tragedy. This book reveals how the burden of warfare changes one forever. A clean pristine copy.
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- Title
- After My Lai: My Year Commanding First Platoon, Charlie Company
- Author
- Gary W. Bray
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0806140453
- ISBN 13
- 9780806140452
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography, United States Army, Vietnam War/Vietnam
After My Lai documents the war’s horrific effects on both sides of the struggle. Bray presents the Vietnam conflict as the touchstone of a generation, telling how his feelings about being a soldier—a family tradition—were dramatically altered by the events he participated in and witnessed. He explains how young men, angered by the deaths of comrades and with no release for their frustration, can sometimes cross the line of legal and ethical behavior.
Bray’s account differs from many Vietnam memoirs in his vivid descriptions of platoon-level tactical operations. As he builds suspense in moment-by-moment depictions of men plunging into jungle gloom and tragedy, he demonstrates that what led to My Lai is easier to comprehend once you’ve walked the booby-trapped ground yourself. An intensely personal story, gracefully rendered yet brutally honest, After My Lai reveals how warfare changes you forever.
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About the Author
Gary W. Bray is a retired business owner who lives in Stigler, Oklahoma. While serving in Vietnam, he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
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