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Author Venditta, David, 1954- author.

Title Tragedy at Chu Lai : reconstructing a deadly grenade accident in a U.S. Army classroom in Vietnam, July 10, 1969 / David Venditta
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Summary "Nicky Venditti, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot, went to Vietnam in 1969 and was dead after 11 days, killed by an explosion during training at Chu Lai. This book documents the Army's mishandling of the incident and the effects on the families and friends of Venditti and of the two other young soldiers who died with him."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Venditti, Nicky, 1948-1969.
United States. Army. Americal Division -- Biography
United States. Army -- Warrant officers -- Biography
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
United States. Army. Americal Division fast
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Chu Lai
Military education -- Accidents -- United States
Grenades -- Accidents -- Vietnam
Helicopter pilots -- United States -- Biography
Helicopter pilots -- Vietnam -- Biography
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Armed Forces -- Warrant officers
Helicopter pilots
Military education -- Accidents
SUBJECT Malvern (Pa.) -- Biography
Subject Pennsylvania -- Malvern
United States
Vietnam
Vietnam -- Chu Lai
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476624389
1476624380
Other Titles Reconstructing a deadly grenade accident in a U.S. Army classroom in Vietnam, July 10, 1969