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In the fall of 1967, baby-faced, mild-mannered Roger Hayes went to Vietnam--with one year of college and one year of basic training behind him. And there, on the strange and savage battlefield, amidst the dying and the loss, Roger Hayes became a warrior, a leader and a comrade--foraging friendships that would be among the strongest of his life.
In this fascinating, penetrating diary of a young rifleman in Vietnam, Hayes takes us through a tour of duty with a mechanized infantry unit in the 5th Infantry during America's bloodiest year of fighting in the Vietnam War. here are the ambushed and mortar attacks, moments of terror and moments of camaraderie that made up one soldier's education in war. At the same time, On Point captures a young man's awakening to his own inner resources: to the courage, skill, and self-reliance that made him the right man for the most dangerous job in the world.
- Sales Rank: #2853855 in Books
- Published on: 2001-12-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.72" h x .77" w x 4.26" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 249 pages
Review
"Don't miss this one."--Booklist
"Well-written, combat-heavy memoir."--The VVA Veteran
About the Author
Roger Hayes is a park ranger working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He lives with his family in Carlyle, Illinois.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
TO THE POINT!
By Albarelli
Congress should pass a law that requires everyone who has seen the movie "Platoon," to read this book, and those who had voted the movie best picture of the year, to read it twice. "On Point" is good at keeping it simple, and it is a realistic depiction of life in a combat unit during the height of the Vietnam War, 1968-69. Its attention to the details of daily life and the recollections of firefights and incidents are impressive, given the detrimental effect time has on memory. Hayes must have kept a good supply of paper and pens in his track to write all those letters to his mother. That's an advantage mechanized grunts had.
Though the book reads like a field manual in places, it goes deep into the action and portrays it factually. It is very apparent at the outset of the book that Hayes is not a professional writer, but his skills improve as the book progresses, just as his skills and prowess in the field progressed over the 12 months he was in Vietnam. This makes the book come alive and seem very honest.
The autobiography lacks emotional reactions to the tragedies of combat that the author and his friends must have felt. It doesn't hint at any religious inclinations--the no-atheist-in-foxhole syndrome. But Hayes didn't deny having any, so maybe he did. Surely, he did deny that he smoked pot, drank booze, and went whore hounding. Why not touch on the most poignant thing about combat--the emotional response to life and death itself? The only really human response in the book is Hayes' reactions to life in the "world" after his return. Granted, Vietnam was not the hell that the movies and novels pretend it was. It was not as intense as the endless shelling of positions in WWI, the massive invasions in WWII, or the human wave attacks of Korea. But it was a series of continuous and pervasive firefights that gradually ate up the men in infantry units. This is the book's strong point. Vietnam was a war against time--days, weeks, months, years. The enemy counted its victories one dead soldier at a time. And we tried to do the same but failed.
Having served in Delta Company, 2d/27th Wolfhounds, a fellow battalion to the 1/5 Mech., during a similar time period, 5/68-3/69, I have to comment on a few misrepresentations made by the author. First, his statement that the mechanized infantry could stay in the field longer than regular infantry, because it could carry its own supplies on tracks, is incorrect. Both battalions of Wolfhounds were airmobile and were resupplied by helicopters daily. We got a hot breakfast and dinner in the field daily, and a fresh supply of ammo. In addition, being airmobile, we were always taking "eagle flights" and could be on top of enemy positions within minutes. Delta Company was in the field all the time and we had only one stand-down in Cu Chi during the ten months I was there, and that was for only 24 hours.
Hayes' comment that the Cao Dai priests in Tay Ninh were all VC is incorrect. The Cao Dai religion was a communist target just as much as any other religion. In fact, Cao Daism was (and still is), a syncretism and included Catholics, Buddhists, and Taoists. During the invasion of Tay Ninh City in August 1968 (Hayes was in heavy combat in Dau Tieng during this offensive), the NVA/VC invaded the Cao Dai and Buddhist temples and paraded monks through the streets of the city, using them as human shields. Most Wolfhounds who were in this battle can confirm this fact.
The "elephant grass" firefight changes from being a line to column formation without explanation. Also, I just can't buy Sgt. Long's ability to spot where mortar rounds would explode. If this incident took place totally in elephant grass, he wouldn't have been able to direct anyone anywhere, and no one would have been able to outrun a mortar round, no matter the flight time. My experience with mortar attacks was that the NVA would quickly decide on one target range and lay down a barrage from right to left, covering as wide an area as possible. If this is what Sgt Long was predicting, then I buy it.
One last comment about the mechanized infantry and armor units in Vietnam: they were a curse to the Wolfhounds. They were easy targets for enemy RPG rounds. They would at times cause friendly fire because of the wild traversing fire and range of their 50-caliber machine gun. They always telegraphed our moves. They were constantly slipping their tracks in the mud and blocking roads. And, they would drop us off and retreat for fear of getting hit, just as they did in Tay Ninh City, 20-21 August 1968.
For those interested in reading what it was like to be a Wolfhound in Vietnam (a ground-huggin' grunt), see "Traces of a Lost War," a novel by Richard Barone, also available on Amazon.com.
Traces of a Lost War
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Unique presentation of a Vietnam experience
By Paul Kornberger
I was in the Army during the Vietnam war but stationed in Germany where I spent a good deal of discretionary time eating schnitzels and drinking beer and wine. Having been trained (I thought), and mentally prepared to go to vietnam, then having an easy tour in Europe left me with the feeling that I was something of a "slacker". I found Mr. Hayes's presentation of his personal experience as an infantryman very informative in its level of detail and for me, something of an elixir for my own memories of this episode in the American experience. Notwithstanding what I got out of the book, I would recommend it highly for the broadest audience having even a casual interest in this page of history. The level of detail in the author's recounting of his battlefield experiences gives the reader clues as to what it took to not only survive but to deal with the ever present death, carnage, and travails of fellow soldiers and the Vietnamese populace. I believe the book's presentation to be an outstanding balance of information, observations, and emotional impacts that I've not found in other readings. Mr. Hayes reveals himself as an individual having a measure of wisdom well beyond his tender age during the year in which he was tossed into this horrible crucible which defined his character and that of so many of his fellow heroes. Have no doubt that this group of soldiers, somewhat maligned in the past by misguided critics, was made up of individuals such as Hayes and his comrades--each with his own story--and represents patriotism on an order to match that of any past conflict. Mr. Hayes is a worthy spokesman for his fellow Vietnam war participants and veterans. His reporting skills are tempered with an uncommon sensitivity toward the anguish of all those touched by the war and the insight and ability to capture it for the reader. I think the book is unique in its perspective and has much to recommend it whether it is your first venture into Vietnam chronicles or your thirst to know what it was really like over there has not yet been slaked. In conclusion, my thanks to Mr. Hayes for providing this record and to him and his silent partners for answering the call and acquitting themselves on a par with all those having gone off to war in the past. An outstanding book.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
On Point is On Target
By A Customer
Roger Hayes staring out of the cover reminded me of another face I used to see in the mirror thirty years ago. Mine. His recollections vividly re-create the memories of all who passed under the arched sign "Welcome to Tigerland. Home of the Combat Infantryman for Vietnam" at North Fort Polk, Louisiana. His succinct writing style makes it easy for the younger generation to experience from a safe distance the FNG experience (not knowing where he is or where he's going), the slow maturation that only comes from combat experience (you always remember the first dead human being), and the inevitable sadness of losing companions (you never forget them). His experiences as a mechanized infantry soldier also demonstrate the reason that this war in particular posed such a unique problem to our commanders. Because the APCs made so much of a racket, hot food was helicoptered in since the commanders assumed that the VC already knew where they were laagered (one of the essential rules of combat being ignored . . . that of noise discipline and of concealment). Looking back on his experience, I am sure he wonders how any of them ever survived. This book also opens the reader's eyes to the daily highs and lows of life in a combat zone, where beautiful, peaceful days would instantly change into a furious hell when the APC you were riding on exploded. A timely, easy book to read as we remember our friends and loved ones who, twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, still occupy so much of our memories.
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