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[Richard Vidaurri] ✓ The Gates of the Shadow ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Gates of the Shadow There is Henry Mata, a young Private who is occasionally promoted to Sergeant and is on his fifth tour in Vietnam, Jose Rojas, the memorable tank commander, and Tommy, only twelve years old and already battle-savvy. But Murphy also undergoes a subtle awakening. He lives and writes in Los Angeles.. The Gates of the Shadow is a chillingly honest, frightening and sometimes humorous novel about young Richard Murphy and his nearly two years on the battlefield. As the months wear on, through combat, b
| Title | : | The Gates of the Shadow |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (568 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1419648586 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
We meet Mata, a stoic soldier on his fifth tour of duty in Vietnam, who walks off into the jungle rather than leave the country with the rest of the Army. Wide-eyed and observant, Richard arrives in Chu Lai, Vietnam, and immediately realizes the worthlessness of his army training. Richard and his best friend Edward celebrate their 19th birthdays together; later Richard retrieves the faceless body of his friend after he is killed by a landmine. A 17-year-old protagonist captures the Vietnam War experience with eloquence and wit. During his time off, Richard reads Capote, Hemingway, Maugham and a
"Took me right back there" according to Dogman. Richard really nailed how it was over there. I was also from the Southern Calif. area down by Disneyland. I was with one of the three Duster (MTook me right back there Dogman Richard really nailed how it was over there. I was also from the Southern Calif. area down by Disneyland. I was with one of the three Duster (M42) Units in II Corps. Was looking for some books on tracks. Not a lot of them out there. I felt like I was right there again. I learned more about M48's and what there crews went through. I like the way Richard brought in the letters to his girl friend back in L.A. We all had our minds on our girl friends or wives b. 2) Units in II Corps. Was looking for some books on tracks. Not a lot of them out there. I felt like I was right there again. I learned more about MTook me right back there Dogman Richard really nailed how it was over there. I was also from the Southern Calif. area down by Disneyland. I was with one of the three Duster (M42) Units in II Corps. Was looking for some books on tracks. Not a lot of them out there. I felt like I was right there again. I learned more about M48's and what there crews went through. I like the way Richard brought in the letters to his girl friend back in L.A. We all had our minds on our girl friends or wives b. 8's and what there crews went through. I like the way Richard brought in the letters to his girl friend back in L.A. We all had our minds on our girl friends or wives b. LC Tuttle said Poorly written, a copy of a dozoen other Vietnam High jinx pablum, very sad.. Trying to capture the good old days, of zippo raids and brewskies till we puked. Obviously this guy has never reconciled his conduct in country with the tale he wants the reader to believe. You can't help but feel sorry for someone so ashamed of his service he has to stoop to putting out drivel like this and call it a novel.Murphy may have learned how to survive but certainly not the rules of war.
There is Henry Mata, a young Private who is occasionally promoted to Sergeant and is on his fifth tour in Vietnam, Jose Rojas, the memorable tank commander, and Tommy, only twelve years old and already battle-savvy. But Murphy also undergoes a subtle awakening. He lives and writes in Los Angeles.. The Gates of the Shadow is a chillingly honest, frightening and sometimes humorous novel about young Richard Murphy and his nearly two years on the battlefield. As the months wear on, through combat, boredom, terror and unexpected death, Murphy, now a tank gunner, learns the rules of war. Not at all the typical war story. The reader is immediately pulled into the seventeen year old Murphy's stateside training; training that he will soon discover is wholly inadequate for the realities of Vietnam. Richard Vidaurri served with the Americal Division in Vietnam from 1970 to 1972. Along the way he encounters a fascinating cast of characters. When he is sent to Chu Lai, on the South China Sea, to serve with the Americal Division he begins to realize how ill-prepared he is for battle. Shifting between narrative and letters exchanged with his love, Theresa, Murphy's perspectives on America's longe
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