Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions. He was awarded the Air Medal for heroic achievement in aerial flight. Like many veterans, his real battle didn't begin until he returned home, where he struggled to adjust to the "new normal" of American life in 1969, still haunted by his experiences during the nation's most unpopular war. His memoir describes his military training, his unit's harrowing missions inserting and extracting troops over landing zones under enemy fire, and his four-decade struggle with service-connected PTSD.

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Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions. He was awarded the Air Medal for heroic achievement in aerial flight. Like many veterans, his real battle didn't begin until he returned home, where he struggled to adjust to the "new normal" of American life in 1969, still haunted by his experiences during the nation's most unpopular war. His memoir describes his military training, his unit's harrowing missions inserting and extracting troops over landing zones under enemy fire, and his four-decade struggle with service-connected PTSD.

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Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

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Overview

United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions. He was awarded the Air Medal for heroic achievement in aerial flight. Like many veterans, his real battle didn't begin until he returned home, where he struggled to adjust to the "new normal" of American life in 1969, still haunted by his experiences during the nation's most unpopular war. His memoir describes his military training, his unit's harrowing missions inserting and extracting troops over landing zones under enemy fire, and his four-decade struggle with service-connected PTSD.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476640044
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 04/29/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 209
File size: 16 MB
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Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Tim Fortner is a motorsports professional and has also pursued a career in vintage racing car restoration. He lives on the northern California coast. Elizabeth Ridley is the author of five novels and four co-written memoirs. She lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
Tim Fortner is a motorsports professional and has also pursued a career in vintage racing car restoration. He lives on the northern California coast.
Elizabeth Ridley is the author of five novels and four co-written memoirs. She lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Foreword by Peter J. Berman, Ph.D., ABPP
Prologue: Happy Birthday, Tim!
 1. Surfing, Sex and Justice
 2. Journalism, Sex Ed and Extra Credit
 3. Mom Dropping ­F-Bombs?
 4. Two New Recruits
 5. The Brutal Reality of Boot Camp
 6. Getting with the Program
 7. “I should have been on that flight”
 8. Orders for WestPac
 9. Danger Where You Least Expect It
10. Elephant Grass, Alabama Moonshine and a Terrifying Journey to the Twilight Zone
11. Lights and Landings
12. Your Wingman Is Down!
13. The Tiger Bar & Grille
14. Thank You, ­Anheuser-Busch!
15. Requiem for a ­Short-Timer
16. Lieutenant Dipshit and the Exploding ­C-rats
17. The Spoils of War
18. Keeping Watch and a Painful Loss
19. Extracting a Recon Team—When Every Second Counts
20. Is My Luck About to Run Out?
21. Boosting a Jeep from the Military Police
22. Seven Lives Gone
23. Heading Home
24. Sometimes Your Heart Hurts
25. Rest in Peace, Rusty
26. The Road of No Return
27. A Ticking Time Bomb
28. Adding Insult to Injury
29. A Light at the End of the Tunnel
Epilogue: Coming Full Circle
Appendix I: Motor Sports History
Appendix II: Vintage/Historic Race History Results
Appendix III: Statistics from the Vietnam War
Appendix IV: HMM 262 Operations, 1968–1969
Appendix V: Timothy R. Fortner: Citations and Awards
Appendix VI: Timothy R. Fortner: Military Affiliations
Glossary
Index
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