Things I'll Never Forget

Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam

De: James M. Dixon

Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner

Duración: 9 h y 36 m

Resumen del Editor

Things I’ll Never Forget is the story of a young high school graduate in 1965 who faces being drafted into the Army or volunteering for the Marine Corps. These are his memories of funny times, disgusting times and deadly times. The author kept a journal for an entire year; therefore many of the dates, times and places are accurate. The rest is based on memories that are forever tattooed on his brain. This is not a pro-war book, nor is it anti-war. It is the true story of what the Marine Corps was like in the late 1960’s, when the country had a draft and five hundred thousand Americans were serving one year tours in battle-torn South East Asia. If you served in Viet Nam you will want to compare your experience with the author’s. If you know someone who went to Viet Nam, you will want to listen for yourself what it was like. If you lost a loved one or friend in the war, you will want to listen to this and share it with others.

©2016, 2018 James M. Dixon (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Wonderful

Wonderfully told, I felt like I was sitting in a living room sharing a beer with Mr. Dixon while he told me old stories.

Great book!

The presentation and story is truly worth a listen! Provides honest insight into a often understood piece of American history.

Tale from the trenches

Great performance. The author provides many small details about his life for 1 year in Vietnam, and explains a lot of things to make it easy for the lay-person to understand. Author does a great job of dispelling some of the myths of war (like "war is glorious", or "war is exciting") and really gives you a sense of the day-to-day drudgery that takes up most of your time in the war zone (yet he someone manages to make it all interesting and at times funny). For those people looking for detailed accounts of actual combat, this book isn't always the best for that. While he does go into detail in a couple of battles, there was at least one major engagement (for the author at least) where he seemed to skip over the detailed combat. The author also does a good job of sort of bringing in his life in the States (both at that time, as well as future events) to enrich the narrative. For me, one of the most impactful aspects of the book was the way everyone on the ground seemed to become desensitized to violence. There are scenes with prisoners and with a 12 year old enemy combatant that are pretty chilling. But as they say, "walk a mile in my shoes." I highly recommend this book.

Great book

Outstanding description of the life of a marine in Vietnam and the hell he went through

Thank you

I know you said not to thank you, but it’s all someone like me can do.

spellbinding

Mr. Dixon is an excellent story teller with the perfect mix of then and now, funny and tragic.

Thanks. I'm better for it.

Most won't talk about it. I'm glad Mr Dixon did and with such honesty. I'm a better man for having listened to it.

Brilliant!

I absolutely loved this book and lived into it. Very well written and narrated.

Good, straightforward and informative.

Pretty even story, an interesting view of a marine. Paints a vivid picture of the experience and builds to the point of combat and the change of what that meant. Heart breaking last hour of the loss of so many of his friends and fellow soldiers. I believe he is a good man and a good soldier based on what he states in this book.

GREAT! STORIES!

I definitely recommend this book for Vietnam story lovers. It just sucks what are military 🪖 went through and what are own government put them through.