Looking for a hero : Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War / Peter Maslowski and Don Winslow.

Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled, tempestuous life paralleled the upheavals in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, and his desperate quest to prove his manhood was uncomfort...

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Main Author: Maslowski, Peter, 1944-
Other Authors: Winslow, Don, 1953-
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2004], ©2004.
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Physical Description:618 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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