Jungle Green Shadows. Victor 2 Company 2 RAR / NZ (ANZAC) Battalion Vietnam 1967-1968 by Tony Howell. VERY SCARCE AND OUT OF PRINT.

Jungle Green Shadows. Victor 2 Company 2 RAR / NZ (ANZAC) Battalion Vietnam 1967-1968 by Tony Howell.

Publisher: Waikanae John Douglas Publishing 2019, first edition. VERY SCARCE AND OUT OF PRINT.

Excellent near new hardback with jacket. Minor bumping to top of spine, no inscriptions. Jacket has light shelf/edge-wear.

The New Zealand Government ordered the deployment of combat forces to Vietnam in 1965 to join Australia and other Allies engaged in that War. Victor 2 Rifle Company arrived in Vietnam on 12 November 1967 and left on 13 May 1968. Major Brian Worsnop was the commander, and the author, Lieutenant Tony Howell, was one of the Platoon Commanders. Jungle Green Shadows is a very important historical record of Victor 2 Company's participation in New Zealand's most unpopular war. What is fascinating is how Tony has managed to weave the thoughts and experiences of so many surviving Company soldiers into this factual account. As a result it reads more like an educational novel than a history book. There is one chapter that deals with a typical day in the life of a Lead Scout, a tense and thought-provoking look at how these young men cared for themselves and each other. The reader may find the Scout's contact with two Viet Cong too graphically described - but it is indicative of what these young men were asked to do. The Company was deployed to Vietnam during the most violent period of the Vietnam War - the Tet Offensive. If you had any questions about how this Rifle Company became a legend, this book will provide the answers. The defining hours for Victor 2 Company were when they were attacked and surrounded by a Battalion of Viet Cong on 7 February 1968. For several hours the Company fought off the attackers, initially without artillery or air support.

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