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Combat bandsman : memoir of a tour in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, 1969

Title
  1. Combat bandsman : memoir of a tour in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, 1969 / Robert F. Fischer.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Author
  1. Fischer, Robert F., 1945-

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Description
  1. vii, 248 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "Playing trumpet in the 9th Infantry Division Band should have been a safe assignment but the Viet Cong swarmed the Mekong Delta and safety was nonexistent. This memoir of a conscripted musician in Vietnam provides a personal account of the lunacy surrounding combat support service in the 9th Infantry Division during the months prior to its withdrawal"--
Subject
  1. Trumpet players
  2. United States
  3. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  4. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
  5. Personal narratives > American
  6. Biography
  7. Trumpet players > United States > Biography
  8. 9th Infantry Division Band
  9. 1961-1975
  10. Fischer, Robert F., 1945-
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. Personal narratives – American.
Call number
  1. JMD 19-246
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Fischer, Robert F., 1945- author.
Title
  1. Combat bandsman : memoir of a tour in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, 1969 / Robert F. Fischer.
Publisher
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1961-1975
LCCN
  1. 2016037556
ISBN
  1. 9781476664811 (softcover ; alk. paper)
  2. 1476664811 (softcover ; alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JMD 19-246
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