War Paint
The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2001
Summary
The men who served with the 1st Infantry Division, F Company, 52nd Infantry (LRP), later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger), engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties than any other LRRP/LRP/Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe, within hailing distance of the Vietcong central headquarters, a mile inside Cambodia, with its vast stockpiles of weapons and thousands of transient VC and NVA sold…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345444912 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345444914 |
| Author: | Bill Goshen |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 107mm x 171mm |
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Bill Goshen
Bill Goshen served with F Company, 52d Infantry (LRP), and I Company, 75th Infantry (Ranger), 1st Infantry Division, in the Republic of Vietnam from October 1968 through March 1969. He returned to the States after suffering serious wounds in an engagement with enemy forces. Goshen was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. He was medically retired from the military in May 1970. He lives in Marble Falls, Texas, with his wife, Jackie, his son Kurt, and his daughter Wendy. War Paint is his first book.
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