DEROS Vietnam
Doug Bradley
DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar, experiences of Vietnam support troops. Structurally based on Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, DEROS Vietnam (the acronym stands for Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas) is a riveting collection of 16 short stories and 16 interlinears about the GIs who battled boredom, racial tensions, the military brass, drugs, alcohol—and occasionally the enemy. From cooks and correspondents to clerks and comptrollers, DEROS Vietnam distills the essence of life for soldiers in the rear during the war and, later, back home in a divided America. Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley, a former Army journalist who served in the air-conditioned jungle at U. S. Army Headquarters near Saigon in 1970-71, tells these compelling stories with wit, intensity, and empathy. In doing so, he provides a gateway to a Vietnam experience that has been largely ignored and whose reverberations still echo across America.
The more common experience of war in all branches of the service is that of support. Bullets, beans, and bandages don't get to the grunts by magic. Doug Bradley's stories explore the Vietnam War as experienced by the majority of its veterans. These stories are not about battle, but like all great stories they are about the battle for the human soul. Bradley is a talented and experienced writer and he describes that battle with clarity, insight, humor, and great skill. --Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Duration - 5h 27m.
Author - Doug Bradley.
Narrator - Doug Bradley.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2012 Doug Bradley ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar, experiences of Vietnam support troops. Structurally based on Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, DEROS Vietnam (the acronym stands for Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas) is a riveting collection of 16 short stories and 16 interlinears about the GIs who battled boredom, racial tensions, the military brass, drugs, alcohol—and occasionally the enemy. From cooks and correspondents to clerks and comptrollers, DEROS Vietnam distills the essence of life for soldiers in the rear during the war and, later, back home in a divided America. Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley, a former Army journalist who served in the air-conditioned jungle at U. S. Army Headquarters near Saigon in 1970-71, tells these compelling stories with wit, intensity, and empathy. In doing so, he provides a gateway to a Vietnam experience that has been largely ignored and whose reverberations still echo across America. The more common experience of war in all branches of the service is that of support. Bullets, beans, and bandages don't get to the grunts by magic. Doug Bradley's stories explore the Vietnam War as experienced by the majority of its veterans. These stories are not about battle, but like all great stories they are about the battle for the human soul. Bradley is a talented and experienced writer and he describes that battle with clarity, insight, humor, and great skill. --Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War Duration - 5h 27m. Author - Doug Bradley. Narrator - Doug Bradley. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2012 Doug Bradley ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:13
Introduction
Duration:00:33:44
Chapter 1: Dog Tags
Duration:00:25:36
Chapter 2: Brass Tact
Duration:00:05:11
Chapter 3: Raining Frogs in Kuala Lumpur
Duration:00:11:16
Chapter 4: Cannon Fodder
Duration:00:03:31
Chapter 5: Battle of the Bulge
Duration:00:20:37
Chapter 6: Nightly News
Duration:00:03:41
Chapter 7: The Beast in the Jungle
Duration:00:18:51
Chapter 8: Fearful Symmetry
Duration:00:02:52
Chapter 9: By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Duration:00:05:32
Chapter 10: A Lean Well-Painted Face
Duration:00:02:47
Chapter 11: Herded Through the Grapevine
Duration:00:09:31
Chapter 12: The Revolution Isn't Being Televised
Duration:00:02:45
Chapter 13: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Duration:00:08:07
Chapter 14: The Medium is the Message
Duration:00:03:05
Chapter 15: The Gospel According to Shortimer Sam
Duration:00:12:05
Chapter 16: Delta Lady
Duration:00:03:24
Chapter 17: Blue Ribbon
Duration:00:02:59
Chapter 18: The Art of War
Duration:00:25:53
Chapter 19: DEROS
Duration:00:04:16
Chapter 20: Malaria
Duration:00:10:34
Chapter 21: Insubordination Nation
Duration:00:03:57
Chapter 22: Basic Choices
Duration:00:15:35
Chapter 23: Race Against Time
Duration:00:03:16
Chapter 24: Ticket to Soulville
Duration:00:09:11
Chapter 25: Postcard from Hell
Duration:00:04:36
Chapter 26: The Quiet Americans
Duration:00:11:41
Chapter 27: Test Drive
Duration:00:02:36
Chapter 28: Confessions of a REMF
Duration:00:20:22
Chapter 29: Moron Corps
Duration:00:03:47
Chapter 30: The Girls They Left Behind
Duration:00:07:17
Chapter 31: Every Picture Tells a Story
Duration:00:04:11
Chapter 32: You Baby Ruth
Duration:00:19:33
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:04:10
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:19