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Rick Marsh
United States Navy was the author's ultimate resort after failing to earn enough money to get him through college. After completing on semester, he joined the Navy and assigned as Yeoman at CINCPAC...view moreUnited States Navy was the author's ultimate resort after failing to earn enough money to get him through college. After completing on semester, he joined the Navy and assigned as Yeoman at CINCPACFLT in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1959.
As a yeoman, the author became privy to top secret information in the military over the years. In 1966, the author was assigned to do a year-long tour in Vietnam. With two young children and another on the way, he was apprehensive about leaving his family and scared of the possibility that he may never see them again.
In Vietnam, he was assigned to the Staff of Commander Task Force CTF-116, a Patrol Boat River (PBR) staff duty. During his service, he came face-to-face with the dangers and adventures the jungle of Vietnam offered, having participated in several patrols on the rivers of the Me Cong delta. It was during these patrols and after when he was to oversee the reporting of them to his commanding officer, when he became aware of the lies fabricated by some of the higher ranking officers to further themselves, as well as the cost of their deceptions -- lives and honor of enlisted personnel who bravely hod their ground in the battlefield.
"Scandal in the Jungle: PBR Force 116 - A true Vietnam Story" might appeal to a reader interested in stories that depict a war veteran's account of his service in Vietnam.view less