Description
United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions. He was awarded the Air Medal for heroic achievement in aerial flight. Like many veterans, his real battle didn't begin until he returned home, where he struggled to adjust to the "new normal" of American life in 1969, still haunted by his experiences during the nation's most unpopular war. His memoir describes his military training, his unit's harrowing missions inserting and extracting troops over landing zones under enemy fire, and his four-decade struggle with service-connected PTSD.
Author: Tim Fortner, Elizabeth Ridley
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 05/18/2020
Pages: 209
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781476680682
ISBN10: 147668068X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
About the Author
Tim Fortner is a motorsports professional and has also pursued a career in vintage racing car restoration. He lives on the northern California coast. Elizabeth Ridley is the author of five novels and four co-written memoirs. She lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.