Vietnam Guns and Fury

by Jerry Dallape

Overview

Many books written about the Vietnam War, dwell on the horrors of combat. Vietnam Guns and Fury is an attempt to bring to light the day by day activities which include combat, but also include hardships such as weather, loneliness, fear, and the hardships that come with living outdoors for months at a time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543941685
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	08/31/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

The author Jerry A. Dallape was born in Collinsville, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Collinsville, schools, until 1966, when he graduated and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. His training begin at San Diego and continued at camp Pendleton, California until departing for Vietnam in December 1966. After 13 months in Vietnam Jerry was then stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina until being honorably discharged in March 1969. He attended southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois and Belleville area junior-college in Cahokia, Illinois. In 1970, a Marine Corps buddy and Jerry opened a nightclub in Collinsville. For more than 50 years Jerry has been involved in the liquor industry. Jerry and Jerilyn, classmates were married in 1970. They are blessed with three children, two boys and one girl, and many grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Introductory vii

Chapter 1 1

My Decision to Join The Marine Corps 1

Boot Camp 3

Chapter 2 9

El Toro California to Hawaii 9

Okinawa 10

Chapter 3 13

Da Nang Vietnam 13

Phu Bai 16

Chapter 4 21

Hill 88 21

Accidental Bombing of Thon Phu Gia 24

The Well 27

The Monsoon Season 28

Make Like a Spider 29

Goodbye Hill 88 30

Chapter 5 33

Operation Chinook 33

Blocking Force 37

Chapter 6 39

Da Nang 39

Nam O Bridge 40

The Alamo 42

Swept Village 44

Operation Independence 46

Chapter 7 49

Operation Stone 49

Burned Village 51

Carpenter is Killed 52

Chapter 8 57

Back to Nam O 57

Train was Blown Up 57

Drone Landed 58

USO Show 60

Drake Falls Hard 61

Chapter 9 65

Operation Big Horn 65

Operation Shawnee 67

Wilson Drowned 69

Back to Phu Bat 72

Chapter 10 73

Operation Hickory 73

Leonard was Killed 89

Mortared 91

Accidental Shooting 92

Hill 117 94

Medevac 97

Chapter 11 99

Sick Bay 99

Flight to Phu Bai 103

Return to F Company 104

Chapter 12 107

Operation Rush 107

Dirty Gun 113

Chapter 13 115

R & R Manila in the Philippines 115

Chapter 14 121

Gunny Johnson 121

Chapter 15 125

A Cough in the Night 125

Chapter 16 129

Visit from Vice President Humphrey 129

Chapter 17 131

Fatal Ambush 131

Chapter 18 137

Gochnauer and Hathaway 137

Chapter 19 141

Checkpoint 141

Chapter 20 145

My Time to Go Home 145

Chapter 21 149

Reflections of My 13 Months in Vietnam 149

Glossary 155

Acknowledgments 161

Authors History 163