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Things I'll Never Forget
- Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
Things I’ll Never Forget is the story of a young high school graduate in 1965 who faces being drafted into the Army or volunteering for the Marine Corps. These are his memories of funny times, disgusting times and deadly times. The author kept a journal for an entire year; therefore many of the dates, times and places are accurate. The rest is based on memories that are forever tattooed on his brain. This is not a pro-war book, nor is it anti-war. It is the true story of what the Marine Corps was like in the late 1960’s, when the country had a draft and five hundred thousand Americans were serving one year tours in battle-torn South East Asia. If you served in Viet Nam you will want to compare your experience with the author’s. If you know someone who went to Viet Nam, you will want to listen for yourself what it was like. If you lost a loved one or friend in the war, you will want to listen to this and share it with others.
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- Danny
- 18-02-24
one of the best books I have ever listened to
this book made me laugh, cry and want to listen to it all over again. So sad what happened to all in war those that died and those that had to live on.
Trust me listen to this audio book you won't be disappointed.
And to Mr Dixon Rev 21:3,4 ;)
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- angela bonson
- 02-02-20
Vietnam vets
Takes a while to get going but worth it for the Vietnam stories, great listen
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- Paul Stratford
- 07-05-23
Gripping to the end.
One of the better titles I’ve read on the Vietnam war, written in a non-military perspective, which makes it very relatable to regular civilians.
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- Dropshort2000
- 20-09-21
Funny, sad and humbling
A warts and all account of the Vietnam war. Funny in parts, heart breaking in parts but throughout you get an insight into the life of a US Marine sent to fight in the jungle of Vietnam.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-21
fantastic listen
I have recently been interested in the vietnam war and its history, this was a very fresh and honest take on the time period.
the author is a fantastic writer
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- Duncan Connell
- 10-03-22
An honest account
A heartfelt honest account of a tour in Vietnam. It has your usual chapters about training, travel and duties, but it's has a very fine balance of humour, sadness and lessons of life.
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- mr peter r mann
- 06-08-20
A must read book
Outstanding, honest first hand account of what war does to a man and how it effects his whole life
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-12-22
Spellbinding
Yet to read/listen to a more personal account of life during a time of trouble in Vietnam. An everyday person strives to stay alive in a situation of someone else's doing. Humble, down to earth, and doesn't hold back on what it was like. The most vivid book I've read to date.
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- Fox 3 Simulations
- 28-05-23
A guy who's hurt is laid out
It's not often I'm impressed by the narrator, so let's go from there - certainly in the top few for this genre. A little more urgency during combat perhaps would make this guy top, but I enjoyed the content also. It's quite unusual for Vietnam vet books, in that it started slow, due to his MoS as MP - although this wouldn't last. This allowed much greater emphasis on what it was like in country, the heat etc, and being relatively early (1966) Vs many others who went later, things were definitely different. Eventually though, over half way through his tour, the author would be reassigned "grunt" and all the patrols, fears and heartache that come with it. There was certainly a fair share of laughs in this book, from little jokes and conversations, to the occasional figure of speech where I'm not even sure he was trying. The final couple months of his year, were also the toughest, and whatever moaning may have preceded it, about hurry up and wait, and pointless tasks in the heat, are replaced with luck, lack of, and loss. I found the detail is far less than that of many other accounts, but in return there's much more individual events. This in no doubt due to his journal and frequent letter writing. Like all good books, I'll miss him, and his friends now it's over, and I hope it helps him find peace, an objective he states was particularly why he wrote this.
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- Thj Williamson
- 11-06-19
should have got his promotion to Cpl
As a British Vetran I find the way the Vietnam veterans were treated as appalling . these guys go and do a job get called all the names under the sun.
but James Dixon did his job lost his friends
witnessed the cruelty of man against man and made to do what Soldiers and Marines do in every
Army hurry up and wait and if it dose not move paint
it or polish it. this is a great book and I think anyone who called the vietnam vets baby killers should read it and understand how these Soldiers and Marines felt when they came home
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