Troubled hero : a Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the war at home /

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Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. As a conscientious objector, K...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mills, Randy Keith, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Kays, Kenneth M. > (Kenneth Michael), > 1949-1991.
Kays, Kenneth M., > (Kenneth Michael), > 1949-1991.
United States. > Army > Medical personnel > Biography.
United States. > Army. > Airborne Division, 101st > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Personnel médical > Biographies.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army. > Airborne Division, 101st.
1961-1975
Medal of Honor > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States > Biography.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Patients > United States > Biography.
Medal of Honor > Biographies.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Biographies.
État de stress post-traumatique > Patients > États-Unis > Biographies.
Medal of Honor.
Armed Forces > Medical personnel.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Patients.
Veterans.
Luftwaffe
Vietnamkrieg
Militärarzt
Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom
United States.
USA.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. As a conscientious objector, Kays did not carry any weapons, but his actions during that engagement would earn him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet Kays' valor came during just another unheralded fire fight near the end of a long and s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 167 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.
ISBN:0253112435
9780253112439
128207556X
9781282075566
9786612075568
6612075562

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