First with Guns English James Edward
First with Guns English James Edward Inspired by Vietnam War classics like Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn, First with Guns is a thought-provoking exploration of…
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First with Guns English James Edward
Inspired by Vietnam War classics like Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn, First with Guns is a thought-provoking exploration of personal identity set amidst a war and an era that forever altered American identity. Early in his deployment, Dougherty commits a notorious blunder that destroys his Commanding Officer's Huey. The novel follows William Dougherty's journey into manhood from a disturbing childhood in rural Nebraska to aerial combat in Vietnam.
The young airman is grounded and punished until he and a friend forge transfer papers that get him reassigned to the 334th, the Army's original Armed Helicopter Company whose motto is "First with Guns." As a member of the Raider platoon, Dougherty and a bone-weary assortment of door gunners fly around the clock through rain, fog, mechanical failure, and murderous ground fire, as the