{"product_id":"policing-saigon-paperback","title":"Policing Saigon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLoren W. Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicing Saigon isn't Platoon or Apocalypse Now, but the story of Loren W. Christensen's experience as a military policeman (MP) in a city of millions at a time when chaos and fear reigned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a 23-year-old from a small town in Washington State, the author was plunged into a chaotic city of brawling servicemen, prostitutes, racial violence, enemy rockets, riots, and death. It was a place that would give him a unique opportunity to see up close a different side of the Vietnam War and its effect on the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly 80 stories collectively convey the author's experiences, and his arc-from naive to jaded, angry, confused, anxious, and bone-weary exhausted-is representative of so many GIs who served in the Vietnam War as well as those veterans of today's conflicts around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A true warrior and a gifted and prolific author, Loren gives the reader a deep and illuminating insight into his experience that changed his life and subsequently led him toward helping others through his writing. Policing Saigon is a powerful book.\" Lt. Col. Dave Grossman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilitary Policeman Loren Christensen takes the reader on a gritty, moving, and intense ride-a-along in Saigon, Vietnam. K.F., Afghanistan War veteran\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: THE FIRST FEW DAYS\u003cbr\u003eChap 1: Flying there \u003cbr\u003eChap 2: Door gunners and policing for cigarette butts \u003cbr\u003eChap 3: Welcome to Saigon\u003cbr\u003eChap 4: Python \u003cbr\u003eChap 5: Culture shock\u003cbr\u003eChap 6: Dead men's gear\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: \"ROUTINE DAYS\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 7: Day after day\u003cbr\u003eChap 8: EOD\u003cbr\u003eChap 9: Skylight\u003cbr\u003eChap 10: Cobra\u003cbr\u003eChap 11: Bob Hope\u003cbr\u003eChap 12: Papa-san and the ammo truck\u003cbr\u003eChap 13: Dead mama-san\u003cbr\u003eChap 14: Jail window\u003cbr\u003eChap 15: \"Karate number one\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 16: Sampson\u003cbr\u003eChap 17: 100-P alley\u003cbr\u003eChap 18: 200-P alley\u003cbr\u003eChap 19: The swimming pool\u003cbr\u003eChap 20: \"Dance to the Music\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 21: Drugs\u003cbr\u003eChap 22: Tracer rounds\u003cbr\u003eChap 23: Puff the magic dragon\u003cbr\u003eChap 24: Almost a coup\u003cbr\u003eChap 25: Vietnam blues\u003cbr\u003eChap 26: Tension\u003cbr\u003eChap 27: A shaky fork\u003cbr\u003eChap 28: Illusions of relief\u003cbr\u003eChap 29: Korean Marines\u003cbr\u003eChap 30: AFVN radio: \"Goooooood morning, Vietnaaaaaam\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 31: \"I'm not a crook\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 32: Running Code3 \u003cbr\u003eChap 33: Fire\u003cbr\u003eChap 34: Riot\u003cbr\u003eChap 35: Power and rank: a deadly mix\u003cbr\u003eChap 36: The vision \u003cbr\u003eCh 37: Screams\u003cbr\u003eChap 38: Meyerkord Hotel\u003cbr\u003eChap 39: Resisting arrest\u003cbr\u003eChap 40: Letters\u003cbr\u003eChap 41: One GI who went home and came right back\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE: LOSING IT \u003cbr\u003eChap 42: Silencer\u003cbr\u003eChap 43: Hangman\u003cbr\u003eChap 44: Johnny Walker Black\u003cbr\u003eChap 45: Escaped prisoner\u003cbr\u003eChap 46: The Punch\u003cbr\u003eChap 47: Death of the spirit\u003cbr\u003eChap 48: Grenade\u003cbr\u003ePART FOUR: PROSTITUTES \u003cbr\u003eChap 49: \"Boom-boom number one\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 50: Clap\u003cbr\u003eChap 51: Peter\u003cbr\u003ePART FIVE: THE INDIGENOUS\u003cbr\u003eChap 52: A fellow martial artist\u003cbr\u003eChap 53: A most excellent shot\u003cbr\u003eChap 54: \"Everybody's talkin' 'bout me\" \u003cbr\u003eChap 55: China girl\u003cbr\u003eChap 56: Date night\u003cbr\u003eChap 57: The old gravedigger\u003cbr\u003eChap 58: Altered states: The Buddhist Temple\u003cbr\u003eChap 59: Dog sex and an alligator baby\u003cbr\u003ePART SIX: STREET CHILDREN\u003cbr\u003eChap 60: A Tu Do paperboy\u003cbr\u003eChap 61: Cemetery Kids\u003cbr\u003eChap 62: Country Kids\u003cbr\u003ePART SEVEN: HOME: THE FIRST YEAR\u003cbr\u003eChap 63: We gotta get out of this place\u003cbr\u003eChap 64: Mom and dad\u003cbr\u003eChap 65: \"You're home now\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 66: Small adjustments\u003cbr\u003eChap 67: Martial arts\u003cbr\u003eChap 68: \"Your name Christensen?\"\u003cbr\u003eChap 69: First-year triggers\u003cbr\u003ePART EIGHT: TEN YEARS AFTER\u003cbr\u003eChap 70: Some talked about it, some didn't\u003cbr\u003eChap 71: \"I have to get more guns\"\u003cbr\u003eAND\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284917698809,"sku":"9781979253420","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZmRCQk11ZHJYcHN4UU9IVGVicWRydz09.webp?v=1769092602","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/policing-saigon-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}