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Mekong First Light audiobook
- By: Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
- Narrator: Richard Ferrone
- Category: History, Military, Vietnam War
- Length: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2004
- Language: English
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Mekong First Light Audiobook Summary
“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell
December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most experienced, and best-trained guerrilla soldiers in the world. Callaway soon learned that most events in this savage jungle war were beyond his control. But there was one thing he could do well: take the best damn care of his troops he knew how.
In the Viet Cong–infested provinces around the Mekong Delta where the platoon was assigned, the enemy was always ready to attack at the first sign of weakness. And when the jungle suddenly erupted in the chaos of battle, the platoon leader was the Cong’s first target. Mekong First Light is at times horrific, heartrending, and heroic, but is always brutally honest. Callaway’s account chronicles a soldier’s painful realization of the true nature of America’s war in Vietnam: It was a war that could not be won.
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Mekong First Light Audiobook Narrator
Richard Ferrone is the narrator of Mekong First Light audiobook that was written by Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.
About the Author(s) of Mekong First Light
Joseph W. Callaway, Jr. is the author of Mekong First Light
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Mekong First Light Full Details
| Narrator | Richard Ferrone |
| Length | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Author | Joseph W. Callaway, Jr. |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 27, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780739303351 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Mekong First Light is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: history books, nonfiction books, historical non fiction, culture, cultural history, society, social history, non fiction, social studies, history book, historical, historical non fiction books, non fiction history books, books about history, books about history for adults, non fiction books, historical events, historic, historic event, nonfiction, bygone times, reference books, reference, history of society, books for men, books for dad, dad books, social studies books, nonfiction book, historical nonfiction, former times, History, Military, Vietnam War, Biography & Autobiography, Military, History, Military, General The BISAC Subject Code is History, Military, Vietnam War
Additional info
The publisher of the Mekong First Light is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780739303351.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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