15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour

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Summary: Exciting and Fun to read....
Review: 15 Months is the type of book that makes you not want to stop at the next chapter. Its really enjoyable to see what will happen in the next short story. I like how it was laid out, a collection of short stories that really helps you to appreciate all the different aspects of that difficult time in our history. The people the author associated with, the tough decisions he had to make all end up finishing with a strong point. A very good book..... I am glad to see a book like this on the shelves.

Rating:
Summary: Exciting and Fun to read....
Review: 15 Months is the type of book that makes you not want to stop at the next chapter. Its really enjoyable to see what will happen in the next short story. I like how it was laid out, a collection of short stories that really helps you to appreciate all the different aspects of that difficult time in our history. The people the author associated with, the tough decisions he had to make all end up finishing with a strong point. A very good book..... I am glad to see a book like this on the shelves.

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Summary: My wife and I both enjoyed this book
Review: A book for the family. My wife and I both read and enjoyed this book. The author takes you right into the stink and sweat and fear of his tour in South Vietnam during the height if the conflict. We felt like we could hear the writer talking to us personally as he described the impressions he experienced during his tour with the SOG Operation in Vietnam. We went along as he and his brave comrades crossed a line on the map to confront the enemy in his own back yard. As a non Vietnam veteran, the book helped to explain the thoughts, attitudes, stresses, and remembrances of someone who was there. When my wife annd I both enjoy someone's writing, you know it's good

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Summary: My wife and I both enjoyed this book
Review: A book for the family. My wife and I both read and enjoyed this book. The author takes you right into the stink and sweat and fear of his tour in South Vietnam during the height if the conflict. We felt like we could hear the writer talking to us personally as he described the impressions he experienced during his tour with the SOG Operation in Vietnam. We went along as he and his brave comrades crossed a line on the map to confront the enemy in his own back yard. As a non Vietnam veteran, the book helped to explain the thoughts, attitudes, stresses, and remembrances of someone who was there. When my wife annd I both enjoy someone's writing, you know it's good

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Summary: Fast paced, easy to read
Review: A fast paced account of the Vietnam experience in one special organization. The story is easy to read and reveals a whole new dimension to my understnading of what happen over there during the war. Reading this book is well worth the time it takes. I feel like it deserves a place in any war novel collection.

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Review: A very good book Thom knew what he was talking about. He put you right in there with the guys.

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Summary: One of the best Viet Nam books I have ever read.
Review: An outstanding read. Col Nicholson presents his Viet Nam experiences in such a way that you feel you are part of the story. His self depricating style takes you through a whole range of emotions from laughter to sorrow. A must read for anyone interested in military literature in general and the Viet Nam experience in particular.

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Summary: A good read but not without flaws.
Review: As a member of CCN (Jul-Dec '70) I do know some- thing about life as a "sogger". Col. Nicholson's account is, for the most part, accurate. However, discrepances exist; e.g. there are no leopards in either South Vietnam or Laos, and an indigenous soldier, whether Nung or "yard" was never assigned to carry the team radio. Remembering things 30 years after the fact is very difficult and probably accounts for these errors. Still, a book well worth the time.

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Summary: A good read but not without flaws.
Review: As a member of CCN (Jul-Dec '70) I do know some- thing about life as a "sogger". Col. Nicholson's account is, for the most part, accurate. However, discrepances exist; e.g. there are no leopards in either South Vietnam or Laos, and an indigenous soldier, whether Nung or "yard" was never assigned to carry the team radio. Remembering things 30 years after the fact is very difficult and probably accounts for these errors. Still, a book well worth the time.

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Summary: Ranks With Caputo's Classic
Review: Caputo's book, Rumours of War, still is my all time favorite book about what it was like for the individual in Vietnam. But in the same way, the author has me identifying with his feelings and I had a sense of sorrow that I finished the book. I wanted to read and know more about the main character. That's the horrifying part of these first person Vietnam accounts...that someone actually lived it and must still be dealing with it's horrors. This author seemed honest and forthright...an ordinary man who found himself in a awful situation.