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The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam (General Military)

di Andrew Wiest

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History. Nonfiction. HTML: When the 160 men of Charlie Company (4th Battalion/47th Infantry Regiment/9th Infantry Division) were drafted by the US Army in May 1966, they were part of the wave of conscription that would swell the American military to eighty thousand combat troops in Vietnam by the height of the war in 1968. In the spring of 1966 the war was still popular, and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company returned home, only thirty men were not casualties�??and they were among the first veterans of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protesters as they arrived back home. In The Boys of '67, Andrew Wiest, the award-winning author of Vietnam's Forgotten Army and The Vietnam War 1956-1975, examines the experiences of a company from the only division in the Vietnam era to train and deploy together in similar fashion to World War II's famous 101st Airborne Division. Wiest interviewed more than fifty officers and enlisted men who served with Charlie Company, including the surviving platoon leaders and both of the company's commanders. In addition, he interviewed fifteen family members of Charlie Company veterans, including wives, children, parents, and siblings. Wiest also had access to personal papers, collections of letters, a diary, an abundance of newspaper clippings, training notebooks, field manuals, condolence letters, and photographs from before, during, and after the conflict. As Wiest shows, the fighting that Charlie Company saw in 1967 was nearly as bloody as many of the better publicized battles, including the infamous battles of the Ia Drang Valley and Hamburger Hill. As a result, many of the surviving members of Charlie Company came home with what the military now recognizes as post-traumatic stress disorder�??a diagnosis that was not recognized until the late 1970s and was not widely treated until the 1980s. Only recently, after more than forty years, have many members of Charlie Company achieved any real and sustained relief from their suffering… (altro)

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Skemmtileg og fróðleg frásögn af upplifun hóps stráka sem voru kallaðir í Bandaríska herinn við upphaf Víetnam stríðsins. Vinskapur þeirra, sorgir við áföll átakanna og raunir félaganna við að aðlagast bandarísku samfélagi eftir stríðið. (

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SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 |

I am generally highly interested in the history of the Vietnam War and I learned a lot from this one. However, the writing is rather dry and almost academic, so it is not the most engaging book I have ever read on the subject of Vietnam. Most of what I have read is form the later stages of the conflict taking place in the central and northern regions and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, so this is a good take on the actions in the south in the swampy delta region. (

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ndpmcIntosh | Mar 21, 2016 |

Excellent. If you are interested in the Vietnam war, this is a great "snapshot" of what life was like in a company that saw frontline action. Charlie Company is celebrated as if it was the Band of Brothers of their generation which, after reading other Vietnam books, I think is a bit too much praise or... uh... just giving them a bit more "specialness" than they warranted. Even the WWII designation of Band of Brothers puts too much emphasis on one set of guys when there were many many bands of brothers in that war. So that part was a little over the top, but that's really only in the first introduction and setup where the author for some reason thinks Charlie company of the 9th Infantry were somehow more special than other men. After that, the story itself of these guys and their experiences in Vietnam gives a good cross section of the boredom, the fear, the struggle, the heart-wrenching sadness, the humidity and mud and grossness of fighting a war in a jungle. It also covers their lives after the war so I actually read the book twice: after I read the "later years" I went back and listened to the Vietnam years to remind myself who did what. If you can read the book (or listen, as I did) and note carefully which guys had what horrible experiences that will help you in the later years chapters.

I don't know if there are pictures in the book. The audiobook was fine and listen-able without the pics, but pics are nice, so you might want to also check out the hardcopy version to see if there are pics. (

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marshapetry | Feb 22, 2016 |

The Boys of '67 briefly but powerfully examines the lives of a group of men from Charlie Company in the US Army's 9th Infantry Division -- from the time they received their greetings from Uncle Sam through their individual returns home and beyond. It is a fine addition to the already-existing collection of personal histories of the war, focusing largely on the special bonds forged between these former strangers throughout their year in Vietnam.

The book is the result of author interviews with several surviving members of Charlie Company, as well as their families and the families of some of those who went to Vietnam and never returned.

The personal accounts of these men or their surviving families -- the letters, the interviews, etc., -- are what make this book. The author presents these people not only as the fine soldiers they were, but also as human beings who suffered from serious psychological trauma both in Vietnam and afterwards. While highly personal, there is also insight into just what types of situations these men faced there via several accounts of the battles they fought, complete with tactical maps that give the reader a harrowing visual perspective on what these soldiers faced during their missions.

The Boys of '67 is emotionally powerful and if you're at all interested in the Vietnam war and its personal aftermath from the points of view of the soldiers who were there, this would be a great reading choice. Definitely recommended.

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bcquinnsmom | Dec 31, 2013 |

For more than 3/4 of this book, it was routine but very well done. You grew to meet many soldiers, their needs, their strong and weak points, and their expectations fro when they returned The shameful way some treated when they returned home needs to be told and re-told. I met a few of those people as the war progressed and I admit I had no understanding of their point of view. I finally settled on nihilists. It was in the last quarter of this book that makes it so special. Mr Wiest tells us about about how these troopers tried to fit back into their pre-army days. This part is extraordinary, and it is where I found the entire worth of the book. Viet Nam covered about half my middle age but I had heard nothing about the troops came to be ministers to each other. Not all of the broken lives were repaired but many found the bottom and began to climb back when they gathered with each other. To best of my recollection, this part of the story has never been told and I thank Mr. Wiest for doing so. (

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History. Nonfiction. HTML:

When the 160 men of Charlie Company (4th Battalion/47th Infantry Regiment/9th Infantry Division) were drafted by the US Army in May 1966, they were part of the wave of conscription that would swell the American military to eighty thousand combat troops in Vietnam by the height of the war in 1968. In the spring of 1966 the war was still popular, and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company returned home, only thirty men were not casualties�??and they were among the first veterans of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protesters as they arrived back home.

In The Boys of '67, Andrew Wiest, the award-winning author of Vietnam's Forgotten Army and The Vietnam War 1956-1975, examines the experiences of a company from the only division in the Vietnam era to train and deploy together in similar fashion to World War II's famous 101st Airborne Division.

Wiest interviewed more than fifty officers and enlisted men who served with Charlie Company, including the surviving platoon leaders and both of the company's commanders. In addition, he interviewed fifteen family members of Charlie Company veterans, including wives, children, parents, and siblings. Wiest also had access to personal papers, collections of letters, a diary, an abundance of newspaper clippings, training notebooks, field manuals, condolence letters, and photographs from before, during, and after the conflict.

As Wiest shows, the fighting that Charlie Company saw in 1967 was nearly as bloody as many of the better publicized battles, including the infamous battles of the Ia Drang Valley and Hamburger Hill. As a result, many of the surviving members of Charlie Company came home with what the military now recognizes as post-traumatic stress disorder�??a diagnosis that was not recognized until the late 1970s and was not widely treated until the 1980s. Only recently, after more than forty years, have many members of Charlie Company achieved any real and sustained relief from their suffering

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