Unfriendly fire : a mother's memoir /

In 1968 Michael Mullen, a graduate student in biochemistry, was drafted. In 1969 he was sent to Vietnam as a foot soldier in Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf's Charlie Company; and in 1970 he was killed by the same "friendly fire" that destroyed thousands of other lives during the Vietnam W...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mullen, Peg, 1917-2009
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa, ©1995.
Series:Singular lives.
Subjects:
Mullen, Peg, > 1917-2009.
Mullen, Michael Eugene, > 1944-1970.
Mullen, Michael Eugene, > 1944-1970
Mullen, Peg, > 1917-2009
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Casualties.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Contestation > États-Unis.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Pertes.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Battle casualties
Protest movements
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter One : October 16, 1989; Chapter Two : Michael; Chapter Three : Your Son Is Dead; Chapter Four : The Homecoming; Chapter Five : A Silent Message; Chapter Six : The Marines; Chapter Seven : WBZ; Chapter Eight : Private Ed Hall; Chapter Nine : I Go to See the President; Chapter Ten : The Draft; Chapter Eleven : Mothers and Veterans; Chapter Twelve : Friendly Fire; Chapter Thirteen : Gene; Chapter Fourteen : A New War; Epilogue : Michael's Letters Home

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