Charlie Rangers
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804102880 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the undiluted high of a "contact" with the enemy to the anguished mourning of a fallen comrade, they experienced nearly every emotion known to man--most of all, the power and the pride of being the finest on America's front lines. . Rotundo and Don Ericson braved the test of war at its most bloody and most raw, specializing in ambushing the enemy and fighting jungle guerillas using their own tactics. From the Inside Flap They were the biggest Ranger company in Vietnam, and the best. For eighteen months, John L
"A Good Read" according to R. Baessler. Very Good! I met Ranger Steve Mantooth, now deceased, at a military school at Camp Robinson and you could not hope to meet a nicer, more unassuming guy. He saw that I was reading the book and showed me his name in the list of Charlie Rangers in the back of the book. We talked about the book and he gave me a lot of useful information that I was able to carry back to my unit. He was recently in a terrible motorcycle accident and lost several limbs. A little later, he succumbed to a aneurysm. I only knew him for a short while at the school, but he was an outs. Michael Willey said Charlie Rangers. I was a little less than thrilled with the accuracy of the book. There are omissions from the roster and there are some photographs that seemed to be from Lima Company, rather than from Charlie Company. For a factual book, this has a tendency to taint history with inaccuracies.However to be fair to the writers, I have been told that it was the decision of the publisher to not make corrections, once notified.. "We Kill For Fun" CHARLIE RANGERS is a very entertaining grounds-eye view of life in an elite Army Ranger unit during the height of the Vietnam War, told by two of its former members, Don Ericson and John L. Rotundo. It's an adventure story which also proves that America was perfectly capable of adapting to jungle warfare and could have operated much more successfully in Vietnam if the Pentagon East brass had shown a little more common sense and mental flexibility.Like hundreds of thousands of other young guys vacuumed into the draft, Ericson and Rotundo, ordinary apple-pie
For eighteen months, John L. Rotundo and Don Ericson braved the test of war at its most bloody and most raw, specializing in ambushing the enemy and fighting jungle guerillas using their own tactics. From the undiluted high of a "contact" with the enemy to the anguished mourning of a fallen comrade, they experienced nearly every emotion known to man--most of all, the power and the pride of being the finest on America's front lines.. They were the biggest Ranger company in Vietnam, and the best