What A Life: How the Vietnam War Affected One Marine

by Randy Kington

Overview

As a young enlisted man, Randy Kington served on the front line with some of the first Marine combat units in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966. Kington describes his transformation from boy to man and the training that allowed him to survive nine months of some of the fiercest fighting of the Vietnam War. The good times of comradeship and of helping the underprivileged are contrasted with the life and death experiences that involved three major battles, countless ambushes, and search and destroy missions. On March 21, 1966, during what former Commandant of the Marine Corps General P. X. Kelley described as the most intense three hours of the Vietnam War, Randy received a horrific wound. He recounts the nine grueling months of hospitalization and rehabilitation. The final chapter tells of his adjustment to life in a wheelchair and the many people who played a part in his achievements.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045299978
Publisher:	Randy Kington
Publication date:	09/23/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Randy Kington fought in Vietnam during 1965–66 and was awarded eleven ribbons and six medals. After retirement from the Marine Corps, Kington earned a BS, Master of Accountancy, and a CPA. He taught college accounting, was a tax partner in a large CPA firm, and later owned his own CPA firm. He now is retired and lives in Naples, Florida, and Morristown, Tennessee.