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Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War

Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War - Paperback

by Julie A. Titone, Grady C. Myers
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Availability:In StockContributor:Julie A. Titone, Grady C. MyersPublish date:2012-06-17Pages:170
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781467955683ISBN-10:146795568XUPC:9781467955683Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:MilitarySize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCC14G1TXR
Grady Myers was an artistic but aimless teenager in 1968, when, desperate for troops, the U.S. Army overlooked his extreme nearsightedness and transformed him into Hoss, an M-60 machine gunner. His illustrated memoir "Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War" is by turns funny and sobering. Grady recounts his military initiation at Fort Lewis, where there could be a fuzzy line between training and torture. He describes the intensity of Vietnam, where an old man carrying a bundle of sticks posed a moral dilemma and a young man would weigh the burden of his virginity against the dubious pleasures of riverbank prostitutes. Grady's explosives-happy comrades in Charlie Company sometimes posed the greatest danger. But, in a dramatic ambush, that same bunch of crazy soldiers risked their lives to save his. "Boocoo Dinky Dow" is how American GIs heard the French/Vietnamese phrase "beaucoup dien cai dau" for "very crazy." For more information, visit www.shortcrazyvietnam.com
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781467955683ISBN-10:146795568XUPC:9781467955683Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:MilitarySize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCC14G1TXR
Praise from the Pacific Northwest Inlander: " 'Boocoo Dinky Dow' offers readers a unique, intimate and often humorous glimpse into the absurdity and savagery of Vietnam." Grady Myers was a professional artist, working for the Boise and Spokane newspapers and then the U.S. Forest Service. He died in 2011. Co-author Julie Titone is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in regional, national and international publications.
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