101st Airborne Combat Medic Transition to Duty: With the Screaming Eagles in Vietnam, 1968-69

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Leo Doc Flory

101st Airborne Combat Medic Transition to Duty

With the Screaming Eagles in Vietnam, 1968-69

Leo Doc Flory

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ELM Grove Publishing
12 October 2023

Memoirs; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Military history; Vietnam War; Military veterans

"In the late 1960's, Leo Flory was one of an entire generation of young Americans facing a personal moral dilemma; how to deal with the Vietnam War. Leo wanted to serve his country, but his parents were devoutly religious and opposed to killing. He didn't share his parents' views, but he respected them and signed up-at his mother's behest-as a conscientious objector. He was recruited into the elite 101st Airborne as a Combat Medic where he soon saw plenty of combat (and quickly discovered he was not opposed to carrying his trusty M-16). This is the story of Leo ""Doc"" Flory's ""Transition to Duty.""

In this exceptional narrative, Leo ""Doc"" Flory effectively captures the experiences, perspectives and emotions of a young soldier and the events that were to shape his life. Of battles won and friends lost, triumphs and tragedies-and enduring friendships that continue through regular B-Company reunions. In the author's words: ""For the record, this evolved out of a war. A war in every conceivable way you can describe it, not a ""conflict"" or a ""police action""-as politicians would have it. I hope that these stories will cause you to laugh, cry-and wonder why.

Previously published as ""Transition to Duty"" in 2011, this revised and newly-edited edition includes a postscript by the author and more than 20 additional photographs."

By: Leo Doc Flory
Imprint: ELM Grove Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9781958407158
ISBN 10: 1958407151
Pages: 374
Publication Date: 12 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Leo ""Doc"" Flory served as a Combat Medic with the famed 101st Airborne ""Screaming Eagles,"" B-Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Regt. in Vietnam, from August 1968 to August 1969.He lives in Michigan with his wife, Ann."

Reviews for 101st Airborne Combat Medic Transition to Duty: With the Screaming Eagles in Vietnam, 1968-69

"""...Anyone who claims to be a historian or student of this period in American history and cites the 'Pentagon Papers, ' 'The Best and Brightest' or Vann's 'Bright Shining Lie' must also have a work like this on his bookshelf."" - Pierce T. Graney, Jr. Colonel (ret.) Former Commander, Company B 2nd Bttn. 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne"