The Twins Platoon: An Epic Story of Young Marines at War in Vietnam

by Christy W. Sauro Jr. and Christy W. Jr. Sauro

In the evening of June 28, 1967, 150 young Americans were sworn into the Marine Corps as part of the pre-game ceremonies of a Minnesota Twins baseball game. Before the end of the fourth inning these volunteers were being hustled on to buses, on their way to boot camp. It was a journey that would take them from a boyhood of baseball in the American heartland to manhood on the killing fields of Vietnam. Christy Sauro was one of the Twins Platoon, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760323879
• ISBN13: 9780760323878
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"