The Morenci Marines. A Tale Of Small Town America And The Vietnam War

KYLE LONGLEY

Publication: University Press of Kansas, 2013, Lawrence, Kansas

First edition. 8vo. Green cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, xiv [2], 351 pp., preface and acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated from photographs, portraits, epilogue, notes, bibliography, index. In 1966, nine young men left the Arizona desert mining camp of Morenci to serve their country in the jungles of Vietnam. In Vietnam these marines faced harsh jungle conditions, guerrilla warfare, constant danger and heavy casualties within their own group ... some were killed in action, others wounded, and all were deeply affected by the experience.In 2007, the Arizona Republic selected this story as the most important veterans' story in state history. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.