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On the Frontlines of the Television War: A Legendary War Cameraman in Vietnam
Yasutsune Hirashiki
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Description for On the Frontlines of the Television War: A Legendary War Cameraman in Vietnam
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On The Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune Tony Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam-beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the hectic fall of Saigon in 1975 when he was literally thrown on one of the last flights out. His memoir has all the exciting tales of peril, hardship, and close calls as the best of battle memoirs but it is primarily a story of very real and yet remarkable people: the ... Read more
On The Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune Tony Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam-beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the hectic fall of Saigon in 1975 when he was literally thrown on one of the last flights out. His memoir has all the exciting tales of peril, hardship, and close calls as the best of battle memoirs but it is primarily a story of very real and yet remarkable people: the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612004723
SKU
V9781612004723
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-28
About Yasutsune Hirashiki
Yasutsune Tony Hirashiki was an ABC News cameraman from 1966 to 2006. In those four decades he became legendary, consistently known as the best cameraman in the company and certainly the guy you wanted next to you if you were walking into danger. During his time in Vietnam, he was present at virtually every major event. Since then ... Read more
Reviews for On the Frontlines of the Television War: A Legendary War Cameraman in Vietnam
This work is Hirashiki's vivid account of his time in Vietnam - and it's a damn good one...equally emotive and and insightful as the dozens of newsreels that set his work apart from the staid 'bang-bang' war drama of other news networks of the time.
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