The Court-Martial of Corporal Nutting: A Memoir of the Vietnam War
By (Author) John R. Nutting
Foreword by Roy M. Franklin
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
4th December 2014
United States
General
Non Fiction
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Modern warfare
959.7043092
Hardback
208
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 20mm
381g
John Nutting is nineteen years old in 1966. Raised in small-town Idaho, to a family that could trace its military roots back to the Revolutionary War, Nutting knows he's going to fight the war as a Marine. On the day of his high school graduation, he swears into the US Marine Corps and boards the plane to boot camp. All too soon he's in the jungle,
" An incredibly well-written blend of thoughts remembered forever. . . . I left impressed by the author's ability to perfectly depict a tormented but functioning mind, weary of war. I give this book my highest recommendation for ANY audience." -The Military Writers Society of America
John R. Nutting is a Vietnam veteran who served as a scout/sniper in the Vietnam War.