Length3h 35m
About this audiobook
I have never been so honored, so humbled, no more certain of my job than when I was assigned to the 196th Light Infantry Brigade as a combat medic in 1967 in I Corp, four months before the Tet Offensive of 1968. The absolute crowning moment was when I stepped off the resupply chopper on Hill 348 (LZ Center) and became a “Doc” for Charlie Company, First Platoon, Third Battalion, 21st Infantry, the “Charlie Tigers.”
In all the many years since I came home from Vietnam in September of 1968, I have been driven to tell my story in a way that would represent all my brother combat medics and Navy corpsmen who will never be able to tell their story: those who died so valiantly and unselfishly for their fellow soldiers, and for those who will not or cannot ever speak of those terrible days.
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Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (22)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length3 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Part One: Destiny Leads Us
2Chapter 1: Perfect Life
3Chapter 2: This Is Real
4Chapter 3: Words of “Welcome”
5Chapter 4: Chu Lai – Home Until September 1968
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6Chapter 5: Housekeeping: Matériel and Brothers
7Chapter 6: Medic Survival Training
8Part Two: Finding Brotherhood
9Chapter 7: Medics Learn Multiple Skill Sets
10Chapter 8: Clean Kill Mystery
11Chapter 9: Camp Evans, 1968
12Chapter 10: The Enemy Within
13Chapter 11: Ragen
14Chapter 12: Another Day in Vietnam
15Chapter 13: Hill 35 Death Watch
16Chapter 14: Thanks, Marine
17Chapter 15: Our Sky Pilot
18Chapter 16: Gut Feelings – Larry's Story
19Part Three: Fighting for Survival
20Chapter 17: Booby Trap
21Chapter 18: No One Exempt
22Chapter 19: Saving Dick Moss
23Chapter 20: Don't Let Me Die
24Chapter 21: Rage
25Chapter 22: Dustoff Down
26Part 4: Are You Tough Enough?
27Chapter 23: Alone in Hell!
28Chapter 24: Required: Nerves of Steel
29Chapter 25: Rotting Wounds
30Chapter 26: Civilization Suspended
31Chapter 27: The Mission and Teamwork: Search and Destroy
32Part 5: Beating Hearts
33Chapter 28: A Medic Experiences Determined Gratitude
34Chapter 29: F-4 Phantom Down!
35Chapter 30: Please Save My Little Girl
36Chapter 31: Napalm
37Chapter 32: Number 25
38Part Six: God Encounter
39Chapter 33: 2 nd Lt. Harold Clifford
40Chapter 34: Trust But Verify
41Chapter 35: Thanks, Francisco
42Chapter 36: Saying Goodbye to Charlie Company
43Chapter 37: Welcome Home?
44Chapter 38: Postlude
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