{"product_id":"quang-tri-cadence-jon-oplinger-9780786477531","title":"Quang Tri Cadence: Memoir of a Rifle Platoon Leader in the Mountains of Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e Having flunked out of college in the fall of 1965, the author enlisted in the U.S. Army. After basic training he was assigned to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, an institution dedicated to the manufacture of the commodity the wartime army most quickly expends--rifle platoon leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In June of 1968, he found himself leading a rifle platoon in D Company 2\/5th, First Cavalry Division. \u003ci\u003eQuang Tri Cadence\u003c\/i\u003e draws upon the original maps used in Vietnam and upon the battalion radio logs which were recently declassified at the time of writing. Life in a rifle platoon is presented at the boot level with all its grit, bewilderment, fatigue and fear. This book is not about what the pentagon is pleased to call \"violence processing\"; this book is about ordinary events in strange places; it is about being \"in the field\" and coming home. The author's experiences at Kent State University during the shootings in May of 1970 are also recounted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Oplinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786477539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786477531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Jon Oplinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135249006847,"sku":"9780786477531","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18762214-cd6e-4421-b8b9-4adb6f6ca926.jpg?v=1755009579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quang-tri-cadence-jon-oplinger-9780786477531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}