A twist in the POGO's tale : an army clerk's passage from childhood to war in Vietnam / Derek V. Smith ; edited by Bruce C. Gibson-Wilde.

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TitleA twist in the POGO's tale : an army clerk's passage from childhood to war in Vietnam / Derek V. Smith ; edited by Bruce C. Gibson-Wilde.Alternative titleArmy clerk's passage from childhood to war in Vietnam; Twist in the POGO's taleDescriptionTwist in the POGO's Tale is a very detailed personal account of one man's journey and experience in building a life and a profession in the Army through the transformative decades after the World War II. The author has provided an insight into what it was like for a young Queensland man to be swept up in the Australian coming of age entailed in closer engagement with Asia, after the Western ascendancy ended in the decade following the surrender of Japan in 1945.The new Australian Army of the Sixties and the Seventies engaged in a form of warfare that was very different to that experienced by earlier generations. Nothing was straight for-ward and everything was complex. POGOs, like the author, could no longer be considered to be separate from the battle and had to be trained and ready to take their part in the action. That is part of the twist in this story. The other part is the sympathetic con-nection with Vietnam that followed for many veterans of the War and is very much a part of this POGO's Tale.Personal authorSmith, Derek Vincent Gibson-Wilde, Bruce C. (Bruce Cater), 1938-, editorImprintTownsville, Queensland : Bruce C. Gibson-Wilde, 2016.LanguageEnglishDate2016Collation131 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 26 cm.ISBN9780994559104Bib. formatBooksNotesIncludes bibliographical references.

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Library of Congress (keywords)Smith, Derek VincentSmith, Derek Vincent -- Childhood and youth

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A twist in the POGO's tale : an army clerk's passage from childhood to war in Vietnam / Derek V. Smith ; edited by Bruce C. Gibson-Wilde.