Combat Survival : Life Stories Of A Purple Heart

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Marine Sergeant George P. Hutchings landed in Vietnam in 1967, fighting near the northern Province of Quan Tri. Deployed on hundreds of combat missions, even the dreaded nighttime “Scorpion” maneuvers. A riveting survival story, wirtten in his “in your face” style-from his battalion being ambushed and nearly all killed in the jungles of Medina, October 12, 1967, to his “mooning” the North Vietnamese as they shelled him on his way to the outhouse, you will not put this book down. On March 18, 1968; George was caught in crossfire in Operation Ford, North of Phue Pi, and shot 3 times in the hip with an AK-47. Acting dead as a Vietcong bayoneted him, George then shot him in the head. George was awarded the Purple Heart. Follow George’s journey from a dysfunctional youth, to his friends blown to pieces in Southeast Asia, to his readjustment to civilian life. His heart bare, George shares how he fell in love and after years of searching, came to faith and found his purpose in life. He now delivers medical supplies to Africa and works with inner-city youth.

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SKU (ISBN): 9780975345597
ISBN10: 0975345591
George Hutchings
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: October 2005
Publisher: Amerisearch, Inc.

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