Books for Prep | |
by: Larry Chambers  Amazon.com's Price: $7.50 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 959 EAN: 9780891418405 ISBN: 0891418407 Label: Presidio Press Manufacturer: Presidio Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: December 30, 2003 Publisher: Presidio Press Release Date: December 30, 2003 Studio: Presidio Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Author Larry Chambers vividly describes the guts and courage it took to pass the though volunteer-only training program in Nha Tarng to be part of the 5th Special Forces Recondo School, the hair-raising graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers and the Rangers every step of the way--from joining, going through Recondo, and finally leading his own team on white-knuckle missions through the jungle hell of Vietnam. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A Great ReadOne of the best reads I've had in a while. Excitement and drama in every chapter. Unexpected chills and thrills also. I did not want to put the book down. Most of the training that was covered had to do with on the job training, which was the most dangerous. From ambushes to booby traps to the unexpected, this book had it all. It makes you appreciate the job previous and current armed forces personnel have done for this country. Rating: - As relevant today as everI have worked as a speech-language pathologist for the Department of Veterans Affairs for about 35 years, and my earliest patients included young veterans of the Vietnam War. Now, towards the end of my career, I have the privilege of working with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I read Recondo and Mr. Chamber's other book on his war experiences, Death in the A Shau Valley (Death In the A Shau Valley: L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-70.), years ago, and was profoundly affected by ... Read More Rating: - Recondo !!!Very good account of life in Recondo. The walk through the Vietnam service portrayed in this book, will keep you in the moment. Rating: - one of America's finest tells how it wasThis is an exelent book, it covers the author time while serving in F coy/ 58 LRP and L coy/ 75 Ranger One of the things I love is the way the author decribes the small details, the nitty gritty...attention to details are importend, but it is details in the field... This book also gives an avid account of the authors trip to the famed MACV recondo school and has plenty of goddy tips that can be used even today by modern patrol soldiers. The author is ... Read More Rating:  - LRRPThis book gave a good accounting of the training to become a Long Range Reconaisance Patrol leader, and what it was really like to be almost alone, behind the enemy lines. 
In association with Amazon.com | |