Uptown. Downtown. The city on the move. In ceaseless motion below the ground and on its streets. N.Y.C. Transit[s] is an assemblage of narratives and dramas, of rants, aperçus, and New York moments that constitute the daily experience of voyaging from here to there amid the urban vortex. Step lively please. .At any given moment tragedy and farce can be observed riding the subway train together to different destinations; while the banal and the fantastic are experienced in equal measure onboard a city bus. Stand clear of the closing doors.

NYC Transit[s]

Literature & Fiction

Dumont, Robert

Contemporary

Xlibris, Corp.

Nyc Transits

Short Stories & Anthologies

In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends and war stories. But few of these stories are told with the perspective and detailed recall of Special Forces medic Joe Parnar. Parnar served with SOG during 1968 in FOB2/CCC near the tri-border area that gave them access to the forbidden areas of Laos and Cambodia. During his tour with SOG he served as dispensary medic, chase medic, Hatchet Force medic and as a recon team member. This variety of roles gave him experience not only in combat but in dealing with and treating the civilians and indigenous peoples of that area. His candid stories capture the extraordinary commitment made by all the men of SOG and reveal the special dedication of the tireless medics, who put their own lives at risk to save the lives of their teammates.

Sog Medic: Stories from Vietnam and over the Fence

Biographies & Memoirs

Parnar, Joseph

Leaders & Notable People

Paladin Pr

During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army Special Forces A-Teams were deployed to isolated outposts or "camps” in the remote areas of South Vietnam. Their job was to recruit, train, and house members of the indigenous population while molding them into combat-ready fighting units. A-Teams consisted of up to 12 Green Beret soldiers who were experts in both combat and their individual military specialties. The role of the indigenous units, in conjunction with their American advisors, was to provide border security, counter the Viet Cong insurgency in the countryside, provide intelligence on enemy troop-strength and activities, and when necessary engage elements of the invading North Vietnamese Army. Bac Si (the Vietnamese term for “medic”) is the story of Sgt. Jerry Krizan who was assigned to Special Forces Camp A-331 in the III Corps tactical zone, only 10 miles from the Cambodian border. Because of its proximity to a major north-south NVA infiltration route, there were constant enemy troop movements through the camp's area of operations and A-331 itself came under attack on more than one occasion. The author meantime needed to accompany patrols and probes into enemy territory, not only prepared to provide aid but fight as a soldier if the squad was ambushed, or itself chose to attack. In this small-unit warfare against an expert enemy, U.S. soldiers had to survive as best they could, with their only succor a Huey, and meantime on the ground by themselves against unknown opposition. Our Green Beret base camps were our very first line of defense along the borders of South Vietnam, and in this book, through the eyes of a medic, we learn how dire, and confusing, a role we asked our Special Forces to play during that era. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Joe Parnar Introduction—Background The Journey to Special Forces Arrival at Loc Ninh First Contact Running Through Rubber Right There Chieu Hoi by the KKK Battle of Loc Ninh Loc Ninh, September 1968 An Execution Operations in the Rubber Adventures at Village 2 Thanksgiving Dinner Medical Duties in Camp Medical MEDCAPS Camp Sanitation Dry Season/Typhoid Claymores, Ambushes, and Hand Grenades Camp Defenses and Attacks New Directions of the War Helicopter Attack Chinese Claymores Ambush at An Loc Recon Incoming at An Loc Team With a Tank Song Be Officers Club Celebrities Three Times Going Home Epilogue—After Vietnam Appendix A—Coda: The Battle of Loc Ninh, April 1972 Appendix B—The Battle of An Loc

BAC SI: A Green Beret Medic's War in Vietnam

Krizan, Jerry

Historical

Casemate

SOG Medic: Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence

Elite units carried out many dangerous operations during the Vietnam War, the most secret and hazardous of which were conducted by the Studies and Observations Group, formed in 1964. In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends and war stories. Special Forces medic Joe Parnar served with SOG during 1968 in FOB2/CCC near the tri-border area that gave them access to the forbidden areas of Laos and Cambodia. Parnar recounts his time with the recon men of this highly classified unit, as his job involved a unique combination of soldiering and lifesaving. His stories capture the extraordinary commitment made by all the men of SOG and reveal the special dedication of the medics, who put their own lives at risk to save the lives of their teammates. Parnar also discusses his medical training with the Special Forces. During his tour with SOG, Parnar served as a dispensary medic, chase medic, Hatchet Force medic and as a recon team member. This variety of roles gave him experience not only in combat but in dealing with and treating the civilians and indigenous peoples of that area. There is a graphic account of a Laotian operation involving America’s most decorated soldier, Robert Howard, during which Parnar had to treat a man with a blown-off foot alongside nearly fifty other casualties. It is a reminder of the enormous responsibility and burden that a medic carried. This new edition of SOG Medic makes this highly-praised and sought-after book available again once more, with additional photos and maps.

Parnar, Joe

"....[a] powerful sense of sacrifice permeates the book and makes it profound and unique―especially when one considers the void of secrecy in which SOG existed." ―Vietnam Magazine\nThe Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States Special Forces unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. The unit conducted strategic reconnaissance missions in South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; carried out the capture of enemy prisoners, rescued downed pilots, and conducted rescue operations to retrieve allied prisoners of war throughout Southeast Asia; and conducted clandestine agent team activities and psychological operations.\nThis book tells the story of the Teams operating out of FOB2 Kontum, near the tri-border area, in 1968–69. From recon missions over the fence to the heroic, and sometimes fatal efforts undertaken to try and rescue missing SOG members, the events are told through the words of the men themselves, supported by previously unreleased official documents.\nTable of Contents\nRoad Mining Mission with Tony Love 
Kedenburg Loss 
Tony Love - Bob Barnes 
Duffield - RT Hawaii 
Hunt and Love - Wolfkeil 
Grommett - Tho wounded 
Bryant Bright Light 
Dennis Mack Ghost Helo 
SOG SLAM VII w/Jaeger comments 
Last Days SOG SLAM VII 
Russian Helo 
Scherdin-Jerson Loss- Huey Crash with RT-Vermont 
Insertion Attempt RT-Iowa 
HP Recon in Force Goulet-Cadenbach; Insert RT-NM 
Insert HP - Hill 1152 
Attack on FOB - March 2 
Loss of Ripanti 
Operation Nightcap 
Attack on 'Yard camp 
Operation Spindown

SOG Kontum: Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1968–1969

- Le Chemin de l'homme - Commencer par soi, mais non finir par soi; se prendre pour point de départ, mais non pour but; se connaître, mais non se préoccuper de soi. La doctrine hassidique enseigne que l'on atteint la sagesse non en se détachant du monde,

Le Chemin de l'homme: suivi de Le problème de l'homme et Fragments autobiographiques (Le Gout Des Idees) (French Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

BUBER, Martin

Heumann, Wolfgang

Loewenson-Lavi, Jean

Philosophy

Les Belles Lettres

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