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He arrived in vietnam in february 1968 and served as the coxn of armor troop carrier 11211 with the mobile riverine force. Muddy jungle rivers by wendell affield vietnam veterans of america. Mar 21, 2012 muddy jungle river gives us the firsthand experience of a coxn in the navys mobile riverine force in 1968 during the vietnam conflict. Hcll muddy jungle rivers presentation bemidji pioneer. The vivid pictures presented in this writing portray the reality of the ugliness of war. Not that it mattered how muddy we got, because we had only to dive into the pool t. I appreciate the honesty, wendell says it like it is from his point of view.
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Vva life member wendell affield joined the navy in 1965 when he was seventeen to escape a tumultuous life at home in northern minnesota. Wendell affield recalls his vietnam experiences on the mekong river in his book, muddy jungle rivers. Muddy jungle rivers is a closeup look at life on a gunboat during 1968, the bloodiest year of the vietnam war. She gave a birth to a baby boy and named him sang kuriang. The boiling river of the amazon puerto inca, peru atlas. Jan 17, 2021 this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. His vietnam memory stories evolved into a memoir, muddy jungle rivers, which won the minnesota veterans voices award. Muddyjungle rivers, a river assault boat coxns memory journey of his war invietnam and return home, gives the reader a closeup look at life in the mobileriverine force during 1968, the bloodiest year of. Wendell affield has written a fine book, muddy jungle rivers, describing his navy journey as a coxn aboard atc 112111in vietnam, february august 1968. Feb 24, 2012 muddy jungle rivers, a river assault boat coxns memory journey of his war in vietnam and return home, gives the reader a closeup look at life in the mobile riverine force during 1968, the bloodiest year of the vietnam war.
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Nonfiction books in minnesota wendell affield, author. Mar 12, 2021 ive just finished a couple of really excellent books for the long haul of creative career stress. Todays generation watch their peers returning from combat and cannot understand why their loved ones have changed after being blanched in the cauldron of war. The benefits and services of biodiversity unesco digital library. Big muddy blues true tales and twisted politics along lewis. Overview muddy jungle rivers, a river assault boat coxns memory journey of his war in vietnam and return home, gives the reader a closeup look at life in the mobile riverine force during 1968, the bloodiest year of the vietnam war. Muddy jungle rivers, a river assault boat coxns memory journey of his war in vietnam and return home, gives the reader a closeup look at life in the mobile riverine force during 1968, the bloodiest year of the vietnam war.
Muddy jungle rivers by wendell affield, paperback barnes. I just didnt talk about it and didnt visit with anyone about it. The greek name mesopotamia means land between the rivers. Epub in 1811, an army of 10,000 british redcoats splashed ashore through the muddy shallows off. His boat carried army troops into the uminh forest where considerable weapons and supplies were captured in august 1968.
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