Article Title
Appointment at Bu Dop
Abstract
Brian O’Connor writes about his father, who was killed in Viet Nam. He methodically documents his father’s battle with Viet Cong forces, recreates the circumstances that led to his death, and describes his unquenchable to-the-death devotion to his squad. Lieutenant Colonel Mortimer Lenane O’Connor, the son concludes, was “a gung-ho infantry officer, a West Pointer with a sense of gallows humor who believed that large-force engagements were the quickest way to conclude the war.” Earlier this year the University of Pennsylvania awarded his father posthumously a doctorate for the thesis he was working on when he put everything aside and did what he thought was the right thing to do.
Recommended Citation
O'Connor, Brian Wright
(2013)
"Appointment at Bu Dop,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 25:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol25/iss1/11