Six Silent Men...Book Three

Six Silent Men...Book Three
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Publisher : Ivy Books
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9780307559760
ISBN-13 : 0307559769
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Silent Men...Book Three by : Gary Linderer

"The Eyes and Ears of the Screaming Eagles . . ." By 1969, the NVA had grown more experienced at countering the tactics of the long range patrols, and SIX SILENT MEN: Book Three describes some of the fiercest fighting Lurps saw during the war. Based on his own experience and extensive interviews with other combat vets of the 101st's Lurp companies, Gary Linderer writes this final, heroic chapter in the seven bloody years that Lurps served God and country in Vietnam. These tough young warriors--grossly outnumbered and deep in enemy territory--fought with the guts, tenacity, and courage that have made them legends in the 101st.

Six Silent Men

Six Silent Men
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 393
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307434586
ISBN-13 : 0307434583
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Silent Men by : Reynel Martinez

"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out there' with only six men." [pg. 13] In 1965 nearly four hundred men were interviewed and only thirty-two selected for the infant LRRP Detachment of the lst Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Old-timers called it the suicide unit. Whether conducting prisoner snatches, search and destroy missions, or hunting for the enemy's secret base camps, LRRPs depended on one another 110 percent. One false step, one small mistake by one man could mean sudden death for all. Author Reynel Martinez, himself a 101st LRRP Detachment veteran, takes us into the lives and battles of the extraordinary men for whom the brotherhood of war was and is an ever-present reality: the courage, the sacrifice, the sense of loss when one of your own dies. In the hills, valleys, and triple-canopy jungles, the ambushes, firefights, and copter crashes, LRRPs were among the best and bravest to fight in Vietnam.

Eyes Behind the Lines

Eyes Behind the Lines
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Publisher : Presidio Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780307574657
ISBN-13 : 0307574652
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Eyes Behind the Lines by : Gary Linderer

In mid-December 1968, after recovering from wounds susatined in a murderous mission, Gary Linderer returned to Phu Bai to comlpete his tour of duty as a LRP. His job was to find the enmy, observe him, or kill him--all the while behind enemy lines, where success could be as dangerous as discovery.

Inside the LRRPs

Inside the LRRPs
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Publisher : Presidio Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780307801463
ISBN-13 : 0307801462
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Inside the LRRPs by : Col. Michael Lee Lanning

Vietnam was a different kind of war, calling for a different kind of soldier. The LRRPs--Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols--were that new breed of fighting man. They operated in six-man teams deep within enemy territory, and were the eyes and ears of the units they served. This is their story--of perseverence under extreme hardship and uncommon bravery--and how they carried out the war's most hazardous missions.

The Silent Man

The Silent Man
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 440
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0399155384
ISBN-13 : 9780399155383
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Silent Man by : Alex Berenson

Haunted by his harrowing recent missions, CIA agent John Wells is devastated by an attack on Washington that kills his fiance, an event that takes him to Russia, where he uncovers a devastating plot. By the author of The Ghost War. 150,000 first printing.

The Eyes of the Eagle

The Eyes of the Eagle
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 257
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780804107334
ISBN-13 : 0804107335
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The Eyes of the Eagle by : Gary Linderer

In the 101st Airborne, if you cared enough to send the very best, you sent The Howlers. Gary Linderer volunteered for the Army, then volunteered for Airborne training. When he reached Vietnam in 1968, he was assigned to the famous “Screaming Eagles,” the 101st Airborne Division. Once there, he volunteered for training and duty with F Company 58th Inf, the Long Range Patrol company that was “the Eyes of the Eagle.” F Company pulled reconnaissance missions and ambushes, and Linderer recounts night insertions into enemy territory, patrols against NVA antiaircraft emplacements and rocket-launching facilities, the fragging of an unpopular company commander, and one of the bravest demonstrations of courage under fire that has ever been described. The Eyes of the Eagle is an accurate, exciting look at the recon soldier's war. There are none better.

Recondo

Recondo
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Publisher : Presidio Press
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9780891418405
ISBN-13 : 0891418407
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Recondo by : Larry Chambers

For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win. They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed—the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own. Vietman veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nha Trang and the harrowing graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerrilla 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 deadly jungles of Vietnam. “I made this book mandatory reading for my Rangers. . . . We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we'd get to the objective so fast they had to hold us back.”—U.S. Army Master Sergeant H. “Max” Mullen Ret. 75th Ranger Regiment

LRRP Company Command

LRRP Company Command
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9780307415929
ISBN-13 : 0307415929
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis LRRP Company Command by : Kregg P. Jorgenson

A gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism who had one last chance to make good—and one helluva war zone to do it in. The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, Capt. George Paccerelli, was tough, but the men’s new AO was brutal. It was bad enough that the provinces of Binh Long, Phuoc Long, and Tay Ninh bordered enemy-friendly Cambodia, but their vast stretches of double- and triple-canopy jungle were also home to four crack enemy divisions, including the Viet Cong’s notorious 95C Regiment. Only the long-range patrols could deliver the critical strategic intelligence that the 1st Cav so desperately needed. Outmanned, outgunned, far from safety, these LRRPs stalked the enemy to his lair, staging bold prisoner snatches and tracking down hidden jungle bases. Hiding in ambush, surrounded by NVA, these teams either pulled off spectacular escape-and-evasion maneuvers in running firefights—or died trying.

The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient
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Publisher : Celadon Books
Total Pages : 322
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250301710
ISBN-13 : 1250301718
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Silent Patient by : Alex Michaelides

**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

Last Men Out

Last Men Out
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781439161029
ISBN-13 : 143916102X
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Last Men Out by : Bob Drury

"Last Men Out" tells the riveting story of the last 11 United States soldiers to escape South Vietnam on April, 30, 1975, the day America ended its combat presence.