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Borrowed Time: A Medic's View of the Vietnam War | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles M. Kinney
Creator: Pamela Gillis Watson
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $18.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 974176
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 170
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1412003040
Dewey Decimal Number: 609
EAN: 9781412003049
ASIN: 1412003040
Publication Date: October 20, 2003
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Product Description
In Borrowed Time decorated Vietnam veteran Charles Kinney picks up where We Were Soldiers leaves off. He tells the compelling story of his year as a combat medic with the renowned 7th Cavalry of the US Army, focusing on C Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th.
After the Ia Drang campaign of We Were Soldiers fame, which took place in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in 1965, came the Bong Son I and II campaigns in the coastal plains of South Vietnam in 1966. Kinney gives riveting firsthand accounts of the devastating battle at Landing Zone 4 (rated by the US Army as the 2nd bloodiest battle of the war from 1965- 1972), the triumphant wipeout of an entire North Vietnamese Army battalion at Than Son II, and the tragic ambush of C Company at Tuy Hoa.
In 1970, Kinney volunteered for another tour of duty in Vietnam, returning to work for a year as a senior clinical technician at the 3rd Surgical Hospital at Binh Tuy south of Saigon. There he became the assistant chief wardmaster and oversaw creation of the Army's first drug rehabilitation and detoxification center.
Rather than focusing on facts and figures, body counts, weapons specifications and the like, Kinney's narrative concentrates on the people- the men he lived with, fought with, loved as brothers and lost, those who survived , and those who remain his cherished friends to this day. In doing so, Kinney teaches us unforgettable lessons about courage, fear, love and the human cost of war. These lessons are just as valuable in understanding the world's current armed conflicts as they are in understanding the war in Vietnam.
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The Best True War Story I Have Ever Read May 20, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is detailed to the point that a person never having any combat expirence can see what Mr Kinney is talking about and get a personal feel for the Vietnam War (police action) FIVE *S*T*A*R*s to Sergeant Kinney
A Brave Combat Medic December 23, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An outstanding book of a brave combat medic. Doc Kinney talks about events that happen many years ago. This book helped me deal with events that happen to me, C2/7th. I saw Doc Kinney in Combat, performing his duties, as a Combat Medic. I highly recommend his book. It's the best I've read. Thanks Doc for being there when we needed you. The Wolf>>
Paid in full, many times over November 30, 2003
The best book I've read about the Vietnam War, and one of the best books I've EVER read.
Exceptional first hand account of the Vietnam War October 29, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A well written, moving, first hand account of the Vietnam War.
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