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Description of  Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam: My Year as a Black Scarf

Author Doug Beed relates his memories of the men and missions during his year (1968-69) as a combat soldier with the First Infantry Division in Vietnam. After two years of college, he couldn't afford to continue so he was forced to relinquish his student deferment and enter the draft. He tried various strategies to get a non-combat job nevertheless, he ended up in the infantry and was assigned to Vietnam. Read more