Mekong Memoirs

<p> Facing imminent conscription University of South Carolina graduate L. Glen Inabinet entered the Army in 1968 with a tour of Vietnam service inevitable. Scarcely six months later he was fighting mud mosquitos and Vietcong adversaries in the heart of the Mekong Delta. Armed with a liberal arts degree and an artillery MOS Inabinet served in a 105mm howitzer section as RTO with an artillery FO team and as TAERS Clerk managing his battery's equipment records. Between filling in logbooks he filled in for short-handed gun crews served guard duty defended against enemy attack and countered stateside-like harassment with an imperishable sense of humor.</p><p> Containing previously unpublished photographs and documentary records Inabinet's memoir is the personal voice of an on-the-spot reporter with a unique perspective as a writer of history and of human experience. Equipped with his camera Inabinet preserved war-related images of Vietnam's exotic land and people as well as the GIs daily grind and dangers. His memory of his 401-day tour is bolstered by near-daily letters to his wife. This book presents Inabinet's stunning account of his time in the Mekong more well-documented than would be possible for most tours of service. In a troubled war Inabinet remained convinced of the strengths of faith and of camaraderie with brothers-in-arms and his memoir tells this story in striking and illustrative detail.</p>