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A soldier's best friend : scout dogs and their handlers in the Vietnam War
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A soldier's best friend : scout dogs and their handlers in the Vietnam War

Author: John C Burnam
Publisher: New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st Carroll & Graf trade pbk. edView all editions and formats
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John Burnam chronicles the experiences he had while serving as a scout dog handler in the 25th Infantry Division's 44th Scout Dog Platoon with his canine partner, Clipper, during the Vietnam War.
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Genre/Form: Personal narratives, American
Named Person: John C Burnam
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John C Burnam
ISBN: 078671137X 9780786711376
OCLC Number: 51650584
Notes: Previously published: Dog tags of courage. Fort Bragg : Lost Coast Press, 2000.
Includes index.
Description: xxi, 362 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Camp Alpha 1 --
Gary Owen 7 --
Ia Drang Valley 17 --
Bong Son 38 --
Wounded in Action 75 --
106 General Hospital 84 --
Sentry Dog Platoon 93 --
Return to Vietnam 121 --
Dau Tieng Base Camp 127 --
44th Scout Dog Platoon 136 --
Timber and Ambush 144 --
Clipper 173 --
Death in the Kennel 180 --
Trapped 194 --
Booby Traps 227 --
The Capture 256 --
Life between Missions 262 --
Short-Timer 275 --
TET and Convoy 291 --
Good-bye Clipper 313 --
Leaving Vietnam 318 --
Appendix Gone But Not Forgotten 337.
Responsibility: John C. Burnam.
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John Burnam chronicles the experiences he had while serving as a scout dog handler in the 25th Infantry Division's 44th Scout Dog Platoon with his canine partner, Clipper, during the Vietnam War.

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