The Short Timers - Gustav Hasford torrent

Category: Adults, Historical Fiction, History, Military
Language: English
Keywords: Full Metal Jacket Vietnam War

Written by Gustav Hasford
Read by Michael Armenta
Format: M4A
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Short-Timers is a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by U.S. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford, about his experience in the Vietnam War. Hasford served as a combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division during the Tet Offensive of 1968. As a military journalist, he wrote stories for Leatherneck Magazine, Pacific Stars and Stripes, and Sea Tiger.[1] The novel was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket (1987), co-scripted by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick.