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SUMMARY:Vietnam War
LOCATION:Effingham Public Library\n<p>Effingham County Cultural Center and
  Museum</p>\n<p>100 E Jefferson Ave\, Effingham\, IL 62401</p>
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 al Center and Museum</p>\n<p>100 E Jefferson Ave\, Effingham\, IL 62401</p
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 04441
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as Ronald Goddard shares his experience as a marine ri
 fleman in the Vietnam war.\nRegistration Required..\nhttps://effinghamlibr
 ary.libnet.info/event/16726912
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>When his troop transport ship left&nbsp\;f
 or&nbsp\;Vietnam&nbsp\;there were no patriotic farewells. It would continu
 e to be so&nbsp\;for&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;marines of Golf Company\, 2nd Platoon
 \, 2nd Battalion\, 4th Marines as Goddard recounts their experiences in&nb
 sp\;the&nbsp\;rice paddies and jungles from DaNang to&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;DMZ.
 </p>\n<p>His book\, The band never played for us : Vietnam war as seen by 
 a marine rifleman in 1967\, will be available for purchase.</p>\n<p>Ronald
  G. Goddard grew up seeing Hollywood movies that showed American troops bo
 arding ships and going off to World War II with bands playing and well-wis
 hers swarming docks to give soldiers rousing sendoffs. But when his troop 
 transport ship left San Diego Harbor for Vietnam in March 1967\, there wer
 e no patriotic farewells. It would be a chilling wake-up call for Goddard 
 and his fellow marines of Golf Company\, 2nd Platoon\, 2nd Battalion\, 4th
  Marines. He shares an accurate account of their experiences in this autob
 iography. From being issued an M16 rifle that jammed to being baptized in 
 a blaze of fire on the front lines\, he reveals what he learned about figh
 ting the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Regular Army troops in the rice pa
 ddies and jungles from DaNang to the DMZ. At nineteen years old\, Goddard 
 was a corporal leading squad sized patrols.</p>\n<p>Goddard will be availa
 ble for book signings.</p>\n<p>Held at the Effingham County Cultural Cente
 r and Museum\, 100 E Jefferson Ave\, Effingham\, IL 62401.</p>\nhttps://ef
 finghamlibrary.libnet.info/event/16726912
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