A Ride in the Sun: Combat with a South Vietnamese Cavalry Troop in the Mekong Delta

Two 75mm rounds hit next to the track. Then something struck me in the side that burned. Because of the heat, I had decided not to wear my flack vest. I looked down at my left side and realized I was bleeding. "Well Colonel," I thought. "You did it You sat here until Charlie got me."

In A Ride in the Sun, Larry Cole follows the everyday life of a United States Army National Guard officer during the Vietnam war.

In his riveting true story, Cole shares:

• Clear descriptions of the equipment, living conditions, combat action, and military lifestyle in the mid-1960s

• Vivid accounts, thoughts, and feelings of a soldier in combat

• Insights into how the American advisers and South Vietnamese soldiers lived

Discover a new the sacrifice of men who laid down their lives for their country.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: World Ahead Press
Published: 05/02/2017
ISBN: 9781944212742
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d