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Carnivore : a memoir by one of the deadliest American soldiers of all time / by Dillard Johnson and James Tarr.

Title
Carnivore : a memoir by one of the deadliest American soldiers of all time / by Dillard Johnson and James Tarr.
Author
Johnson, Dillard
Publication
  • New York : William Morrow, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
Tarr, James
Description
xvii, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
"Amid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant Dillard 'C.J.' Johnson is recognized by the Pentagon to have accounted for more than two thousand enemy killed in action while battling inside and out of the 'Carnivore,' the Bradley Fighting Vehicle he commanded during Operation Iraqi Freedom"--Dust jacket flap.
Subject
  • Johnson, Dillard
  • Johnson, Dillard > Military leadership
  • 2003-2011
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American
  • Soldiers > United States > Biography
  • Heroes > United States > Biography
  • Hodgkin's disease > Patients > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Personal narratives
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Personal narratives – American
  • Autobiographies.
  • Récits personnels.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Bosnian d-day -- Junior jackassery -- No such thing as friendly fire -- Raindrops keep falling on my head -- Love and marriage, army style -- Eight Ball and the Lipstick Lizards -- Deathtrap -- First contact -- Carnivore, Camel Toe, and Circus Freaks -- Steel beast -- Ambush alley -- Junkyard dogs -- Line in the sand -- Every truck in the country -- Repo men -- The great Baghdad tank battle ... sort of -- Iraqi bullfighting -- The Mafia hit -- Stage 3 -- Exchanging RPGs for IEDs -- Sniping is what sniping does -- The lion's mouth -- Syria vs. Kentucky -- Blood, sweat, and tears.
ISBN
  • 9780062288417 (hbk.)
  • 0062288415 (hbk.)
OCLC
850336924
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library