Review of Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
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Review of Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
[Following is a volunteer review of "Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath" by Randy Miller.]
Zachariah Martin(Zack), a Vermont boy, joins the Navy at 17 years old. He is assigned to the destroyer USS Hawke DD 894 and doesn’t know what the future holds for him in Vietnam, but he has to fulfil his ambition of travelling around the world. While in the Navy, he misses his parents and his little sister; Annie. Tally; his future wife writes him letters while he is in the Navy, he writes her back, to keep their relationship at bay. Zack had joined the Navy as a deck ape but after various orientations and training, he advanced to higher levels and became more skilled. Having been raised on a small dairy farm, in a Christian environment, where people cared for one another, with Biblical values, Zack finds it difficult to cope in Vietnam; where people are ruthless and have no heart for humanity; as the Viet Cong killed everyone; whether men, women and children. This experience disturbs him mentally, for some time, even after he leaves the Navy. Tally’s father doesn’t like Zack, although Zack is determined to marry her daughter. Will Zack succeed in marrying Tally when he leaves the Navy? I recommend you to read this book and find out!
Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath by Randy Miller, is a historical fiction book that illustrates how the United States cheated their Navy veteran sailors and later denied them compensation after the war, this drained the veterans’ financially as they had to spend more money treating themselves from Agent Orange causing illnesses like the soft tissue Sarcoma cancer, Parkinson’s disease among others, causing them and their families suffer physically and psychologically. Millie De Winter discovered Agent Orange and its effects on the veterans coming back from Vietnam. Boudreau proposed to form an “Agent Orange Policy group” to investigate its effects on humans, an act that would make them look concerned yet they were not. They later changed policies to deny the veterans their compensation.
I would like to commend the editors of this book for their wonderful work, as I did not find any errors while reading through the book. The author has also used moderate language and translated the Vermont accent in the glossary section. This made me refer to any word that I found difficult to comprehend.
I didn’t find anything negative about the book. Due to the above-mentioned reasons; I rate the book 5 out of 5 stars.
I recommend this book to those who love history and those aspiring to be Navy sailors.
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Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
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Zachariah Martin(Zack), a Vermont boy, joins the Navy at 17 years old. He is assigned to the destroyer USS Hawke DD 894 and doesn’t know what the future holds for him in Vietnam, but he has to fulfil his ambition of travelling around the world. While in the Navy, he misses his parents and his little sister; Annie. Tally; his future wife writes him letters while he is in the Navy, he writes her back, to keep their relationship at bay. Zack had joined the Navy as a deck ape but after various orientations and training, he advanced to higher levels and became more skilled. Having been raised on a small dairy farm, in a Christian environment, where people cared for one another, with Biblical values, Zack finds it difficult to cope in Vietnam; where people are ruthless and have no heart for humanity; as the Viet Cong killed everyone; whether men, women and children. This experience disturbs him mentally, for some time, even after he leaves the Navy. Tally’s father doesn’t like Zack, although Zack is determined to marry her daughter. Will Zack succeed in marrying Tally when he leaves the Navy? I recommend you to read this book and find out!
Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath by Randy Miller, is a historical fiction book that illustrates how the United States cheated their Navy veteran sailors and later denied them compensation after the war, this drained the veterans’ financially as they had to spend more money treating themselves from Agent Orange causing illnesses like the soft tissue Sarcoma cancer, Parkinson’s disease among others, causing them and their families suffer physically and psychologically. Millie De Winter discovered Agent Orange and its effects on the veterans coming back from Vietnam. Boudreau proposed to form an “Agent Orange Policy group” to investigate its effects on humans, an act that would make them look concerned yet they were not. They later changed policies to deny the veterans their compensation.
I would like to commend the editors of this book for their wonderful work, as I did not find any errors while reading through the book. The author has also used moderate language and translated the Vermont accent in the glossary section. This made me refer to any word that I found difficult to comprehend.
I didn’t find anything negative about the book. Due to the above-mentioned reasons; I rate the book 5 out of 5 stars.
I recommend this book to those who love history and those aspiring to be Navy sailors.
******
Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
