Pathfinder
First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2002
Summary
December 1967: Richard Burns had just arrived in Vietnam as part of the fourteen-man 101st Pathfinder Detachment. Within just one month, during a holiday called Tet, the Communists would launch the largest single attack of the war–and he would be right in the thick of it.
In Vietnam, Richard Burns operated in live-or-die situations, risking his life so that other men could keep theirs. As a Pathfinder–all too often alone in the middle of a hot LZ–he guided in helicopters disembarking …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804116022 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804116024 |
| Author: | Richard R. Burns |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2002 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 106mm x 171mm |
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Richard R. Burns
Richard C. Burns is a retired Army master sergeant (E-8) with two combat tours in Vietnam. He served as a Pathfinder with the 101st Airborne Division and the 1st Air Cavalry Division, conducting operations for infantry and recon units, supporting Special Forces, and attached to the 1st Vietnamese Airborne Division. After serving as a recruiter in his native New England, the majority of his twenty-year military career was spent in Special Forces.
His military training includes the Pathfinder Course, Jumpmaster Course, Vietnam (MACV) Recondo School, and the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) in Light and Heavy Weapons. He has received numerous decorations, including the Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Air Medals, and the Purple Heart.
Richard Burns has two children and lives with his wife in Gainesville, Florida. He has written extensively on elite military units and is a columnist and staff writer for Behind the Lines magazine.
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