We Had to Get Out of That Place: A Memoir of Redemption and Betrayal in Vietnam

Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of duty to himself and to his country. Through a variety of combat duties--with the infantry, the 36th Engineer Battalion, F Co. 75th Rangers and the 174th Assault Helicopter Co.--and several close calls with death, Grzesik's detailed memoir recounts his two tours in-country, where he hoped merely to survive with a semblance of heroism, yet ultimately redefined himself.

• | Author: Steven Grzesik
• | Publisher: McFarland
• | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 215 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1476690510
• | ISBN-13: 9781476690513