Coyote Jack : Drawing Meaning from Life and Vietnam: A Memoir

by Thomas, Jack Lyndon

• ISBN13: 9780965984317
• ISBN10: 0965984311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Lyndonjacks Publications

Summary

Publisher Marketing: When we embark on a journey, we carry with us who we are, including traits such as honor, integrity, and patriotism; but we also bring along our less desirable characteristics such as rage, guilt, and fear. Jack Lyndon Thomas details the person he was before, during, and after the war in Vietnam. More than just a memoir of his wartime experience, he takes a philosophical and spiritual view of the way survival experiences affect different individuals, vividly describing the commonalities and differences in the people he knew during the years he spent at war. Thomas was an infantry lieutenant, a member of an advisory unit that lived with the indigenous population, and, therefore, brings a unique perspective to the Vietnam experience. His conflicting feelings, including unresolved issues with his father, followed him long after the war. From this complex mesh of emotions is distilled a profound and intensely readable book.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Situation Report-A Fable	p. xiii
Life after the War	p. 1
The Beginning	p. 3
Discipline	p. 13
Family Assault	p. 23
Reparation	p. 35
Follow Me	p. 47
Saigon to Tay Ninh	p. 53
Duc Hue District	p. 63
Maps and Pictures
My War	p. 83
Passing Through	p. 85
Another Dimension	p. 105
The Drill	p. 121
Rumblings at An Dinh	p. 127
Murky Environment	p. 135
Protect Thy Community	p. 147
What They Thought of Us	p. 155
Intel, Booby Traps, and the Square Lake	p. 159
Life in the An Dinh Outpost	p. 173
Field Notes	p. 187
Night Maneuvers	p. 199
District Vignettes	p. 207
Jeep Perils	p. 217
An Dinh Heats Up	p. 223
Destroy An Dinh	p. 225
Follow-up Actions	p. 235
Thanksgiving Respite	p. 241
Square Lake Finale	p. 249
The Dry Season	p. 255
Winding Down	p. 267
Parting Shot	p. 275
Pool of Reflections	p. 277
Appendices	p. 291
DD Form 214	p. 292
End-of-Tour Report	p. 293
Aftermath	p. 299
Epilogue	p. 302
Acknowledgments	p. 304
End Notes	p. 305
Glossary	p. 309
Bibliography	p. 312
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