{"title":"Robert F. Fischer","description":"The late Robert F. Fischer was a researcher and writer who divided his time between Florida and Vermont.","products":[{"product_id":"combat-bandsman-memoir-of-a-tour-in-vietnam-with-the-9th-infantry-division-1969-paperback","title":"Combat Bandsman: Memoir of a Tour in Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, 1969 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Playing trumpet in the 9th Infantry Division Band should have been a safe assignment but the Viet Cong swarmed throughout the Mekong Delta, and safety was nonexistent. The band's twofold mission--boosting morale and helping win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese--required them to leave their Đồng Tam (a.k.a. Mortar City) base camp and travel through a vast area of rice paddies, dense jungle and numerous villages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By 1969, home-front support for the war had dwindled and the U.S. Army in Vietnam was on the brink of mutiny. No one wanted to die under the command of career-minded officers in a war lost to misguided politics. This memoir of a conscripted musician in Vietnam provides a personal account of the lunacy surrounding combat support service in the 9th Infantry Division during the months prior to its withdrawal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67943053230303,"sku":"9781476664811","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZoB27LKsx9781476664811.webp?v=1791456717"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/robert-f-fischer.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}