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Mills, Randy K.

 
9780253347954: Troubled Hero: A Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the War at Home
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ISBN 10: 0253347955 ISBN 13: 9780253347954
Editorial: Indiana University Press, 2006

Sinopsis

Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. As a conscientious objector, Kays did not carry any weapons, but his actions during that engagement would earn him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet Kays' valor came during just another unheralded fire fight near the end of a long and seemingly fruitless war. He returned home and, with other vets, struggled to reconcile his anti-war beliefs with what he and others had done in Vietnam. This dramatic and tragic story is a timely reminder of the price of war and the fragile comforts of peace.

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Randy K. Mills is Professor of the Social Sciences at Oakland City University and author of Unexpected Journey: A Marine Corps Reserve Company in the Korean War; Those Who Paid the Price: Forgotten Voices from the Korean War; and Jonathan Jennings: Indiana's First Governor. He lives in Oakland City, Indiana.

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Editorial
Indiana University Press
Año de publicación
2006
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ISBN 10 
0253347955
ISBN 13 
9780253347954
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Número de páginas
190
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