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- catalog abstract "The author always believed he would die in Vietnam. As a teenager growing up in the San Francisco area in the early 1960s, "Nam was there, just over the horizon, like the distant thump of artillery." His father and uncles had served in World War II, another uncle in Korea. Numerous cousins had enlisted. At nineteen, he decided to embrace the war. In 1968, the year of the Tet offensive, he joined the U.S. marines. Two bloody tours later, he had survived, but at immense cost. Twice wounded, undesirably discharged, and plagued by survivor's guilt, he surveys the toll of Vietnam on flesh and spirit in this memoir. He tells his story in a voice not often heard from the war, that of a Chicano soldier. By tracing his roots, and exploring the cultural pressures and social demons that weighed on his family and community, he offers an unflinching look at the fall and redemption of one Mexican American veteran. and gives a unique and clear-eyed view inside the life and times and thoughts of a young Chicano who joins the marines and goes to Vietnam to find his destiny.".
- catalog contributor b11123407.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgments -- A dedication -- pt. I. Before -- 1. Family -- 2. Boot camp -- pt. II. During -- 3. War stories -- 4. Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, January 1969 -- 5. Ambushed -- 6. 3/3 -- 7. Christmas, 1969 -- 8. Second tour -- pt. III. After -- 9. Back in the world, 1971 -- 10. Road home -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "The author always believed he would die in Vietnam. As a teenager growing up in the San Francisco area in the early 1960s, "Nam was there, just over the horizon, like the distant thump of artillery." His father and uncles had served in World War II, another uncle in Korea. Numerous cousins had enlisted. At nineteen, he decided to embrace the war. In 1968, the year of the Tet offensive, he joined the U.S. marines. Two bloody tours later, he had survived, but at immense cost. Twice wounded, undesirably discharged, and plagued by survivor's guilt, he surveys the toll of Vietnam on flesh and spirit in this memoir. He tells his story in a voice not often heard from the war, that of a Chicano soldier. By tracing his roots, and exploring the cultural pressures and social demons that weighed on his family and community, he offers an unflinching look at the fall and redemption of one Mexican American veteran. and gives a unique and clear-eyed view inside the life and times and thoughts of a young Chicano who joins the marines and goes to Vietnam to find his destiny.".
- catalog extent "vii, 179 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Patriot after all.".
- catalog identifier "0826319580 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0826319599 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Patriot after all.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Patriot after all.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "959.704/3372 21".
- catalog subject "DS559.8.M39 R36 1999".
- catalog subject "Mexican American families United States.".
- catalog subject "Mexican American families.".
- catalog subject "Mexican American soldiers Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "Ramirez, Juan, 1949-".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Participation, Mexican American.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- A dedication -- pt. I. Before -- 1. Family -- 2. Boot camp -- pt. II. During -- 3. War stories -- 4. Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, January 1969 -- 5. Ambushed -- 6. 3/3 -- 7. Christmas, 1969 -- 8. Second tour -- pt. III. After -- 9. Back in the world, 1971 -- 10. Road home -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "A patriot after all : the story of a Chicano Vietnam vet / Juan Ramirez.".
- catalog type "text".