<p>Monk's War is true stories of what it was like to live the life of a Marine ground pounder in Vietnam. It reads like a good adventure novel, as your own "theater of the mind" puts you in the hero's place. You'll meet young men with nicknames like Gunny, Mushy, Hog, Broccoli, Eyes and Piro. The author, Frank M. Beyea was called Monk, and occasionally, Dumb Ass. The lives of Monk and the others, besides being in danger from the Viet Cong, were threatened by Captain Clean. An officer on their own side, Captain Clean looked like Mr. Clean but was actually Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon. Water was another enemy that 18 year old Monk faced repeatedly, as shown in these two excerpts from the book: 1) "For the last ten minutes we had been in a battle for our lives with a half dozen VC who had jumped us as we crossed a wide open rice paddy on our way to patrol a nearby village. "At that moment, I was lying in putrid, rice paddy water that had been fertilized by water buffalo and was loaded with leeches and God only knows what else." 2) "The Sergeant yelled out, 'Monk, jump in the water on the opposite side of the canoe and grab hold. I'll cover you and try and get the sniper.' "I couldn't believe this was happening to me again. I was about to hit the water with all my gear and hope that one of three things didn't happen: that the canoe would tip over and drown us all, that I would get shot while making the attempt to jump over the side, or my hand would miss the side of the canoe when I jumped and I would sink like a rock to the bottom, once again proving that a Marine in a flack jacket does not float." Join Monk and his young Marine, ground pounding buddies as they hold it together through all that was thrown at them, including hand grenades and bags of poisonous snakes. Then there was the pungi-pits!</p>

First Blood: A Marine Grunt in Vietnam (1) (Monk's War)

History

Beyea, Frank M.

Military

Southfarm Pr

In the last few years, Vietnam Veterans, including myself, have experienced a phenomenon that is hard to explain. People are interested in the Vietnam War! I think the audience for Vietnam War stories is a diverse one. From young people with a thirst for knowledge about what their fathers and grandfathers went through in the only war that America has lost (so far history hasn't made its final judgment on Iraq and Afghanistan) to the baby boomers who fought in Vietnam. Even those boomers who demonstrated actively against the war and resisted being part of it are suddenly interested. This book provides those interested with what they crave: more true stories of what it was like to live the life of a Marine ground pounder in Vietnam. It's like a good adventure novel, when your own "theater of the mind" puts you in the shoes of the main character.

Monk's War: An 18 Year Old Marine's Story from the Rice Paddies

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

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