Vietnam War River Patrol
A U.S. Gunboat Captain Returns to the Mekong Delta| By: | Richard H. Kirshen |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Print ISBN: | 9781476668147 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781476627427 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2017 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and certified U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and the lives of its crew. Ambushes and firefights became the norm, along with numerous dives--almost 300 in 18 months. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist. This journal records his contrasting impressions of the Delta--alternately disturbing and enlightening--as seen first from a river patrol boat, then from a luxury cruise ship.