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Summary: Best advice I ever got....
Review: A friend of mine who was at CCN with SGM Miller got this book signed for me before Miller passed away a few years ago. The inscription said:
"Keep your fears to yourself, and share your courage with others".
I went to Iraq last year as a team leader in the 101st Airborne Division, in one of the rifle companies expected to lead the way in and pay in blood for every inch. I did the best I could to stick to that line. It was the best advice I ever got.
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Summary: From the Author of "Sleeping Dragon"
Review: Frank "Doug" Miller and I became friends during my last active duty tour in Korea in the mid-eighties. He would come to my office telling the stories that later became this great book. As his stories unfolded, I could smell the jungle and gunpowder. When I found this book, I sat down with stories that had been like long time friends. Doug's ability to paint the truth in superb word pictures of his life in Nam are almost as good as talking to him over a cup of coffee. With his passing, the loss of a great friend and soldier is somehow eased by reading and re-reading this book. We'll always miss this great hero.
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Summary: A truthful story told by a true soldier with a heart
Review: I am very pleased to be a part of the second printing of this book. It was nothing less than befitting to memorialize both men who died a month apart in the year 2000. From the time I was able to review and assist with the editing of the original manuscript to receiving the final product in hardcover the day Elwood left for Desert Storm in 1991, I wanted to scream out and tell the world that this is a must read publication. Not only is the story told by a well seasoned soldier, but it is told in a manner to which the reader can actually capture how he became well seasoned, going from a freshly trained soldier boy to a "full grown soldier" who lived to tell it like it was. The story was told to a well developed and experienced writer who delivered the words to paper as if he were Frank's shadow. The truth couldn't be any closer. The men worked side by side talking, telling, laughing, and sharing. It was definitely a match necessary and meant to be in order to get the story out in its complete form. As a reader and of course a little biased (Elwood and I were married 19 years prior to his death), I felt the intensity, smelled the smoke-filled environment and absorbed the mentality of those who fought for freedom. I also soaked in the poignancy, which presented Frank as a fighting soldier, but yet having the empathy needed to remain a "real" person outside a war-torn country. Most books are souped up to draw the curious reader in until the last page, but this book didn't stretch the truth--Frank lived and saw the truth. He told it, from the first chapter to the last period. With Elwood placing the words in their respective manner, the manuscript transformed into a book everyone should read. Let us not forget those who have served, support those who are serving and encourage those who will serve. As Frank said, "You have never lived until you almost died".
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Summary: Outstanding Personal Account from Vietnam
Review: I first read Franklin Miller's book about 15 years ago when the hardback edition was first published. I just reread it after hearing he had passed away on June 30, 2000 from Pancreatic Cancer. I also had the honor of knowing Franklin Miller when he was a First Sergeant in Hawaii back in the 1980's. The book is better the second time around and is just a s gripping today, as it was 15 years ago. Franklin Miller was truly larger than life. His amazing verbal storytelling abilities that kept us all spellbound when I was a young lieutenant will keep readers equally spellbound. I am proud to say that I knew Franklin Miller for a brief period many years ago. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in soldiers or Vietnam, or just learning about truly selfless service.
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Summary: The Absolute Best Vietnam/Special Forces Book Ever Written
Review: There are really only two things that need to be said about this book: 1) Read It! and 2) Read It Again! If you want to know what it was like to be there, this is the hands-down best book ever written. SGM Miller personifies what Special Forces is all about. Get the job done, no matter what (and have a great time doing it). I spent everyday of the SF Q Course thinking about Miller's adventures and spirit. He was and is an inspiration for myself and countless other members of the SF community. Hopefully we can get some leaders that act more like Miller and less like conventional troopers. There isn't much more to be said about Reflections of a Warrior. If you haven't read it, you need to be, borrow, or steal a copy. By the way, don't even think about making off with my copy (I've given away about 5 copies already). De Opresso Liber!
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Summary: The Absolute Best Vietnam/Special Forces Book Ever Written
Review: There are really only two things that need to be said about this book: 1) Read It! and 2) Read It Again! If you want to know what it was like to be there, this is the hands-down best book ever written. SGM Miller personifies what Special Forces is all about. Get the job done, no matter what (and have a great time doing it). I spent everyday of the SF Q Course thinking about Miller's adventures and spirit. He was and is an inspiration for myself and countless other members of the SF community. Hopefully we can get some leaders that act more like Miller and less like conventional troopers. There isn't much more to be said about Reflections of a Warrior. If you haven't read it, you need to be, borrow, or steal a copy. By the way, don't even think about making off with my copy (I've given away about 5 copies already). De Opresso Liber!
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Summary: A Warrior
Review: This book has incredible story-telling quality. It is as if you are right there with Franklin Miller during all of his missions. It is written so that you can smell the jungle, feel the heat, hear his heart pounding during those many moments when it was surely pounding, you can feel the pain. My brother, Elwood J.C. Kureth, wrote this book with Franklin Miller, so perhaps I am biased. But I think not. It is written with a precision that enables the common person, one who will never enter battle, to become a warrior, even if just for a little while. We are there with Franklin through his missions and we feel the anxiety. We are there with him during his antics and we feel the laughter. We picture the wounded, we feel the chills, the crying, the war...........This book is an absolute must-read for anyone. I take offense at one of the reviewer's here who claims that Franklin's incredible story should have been told by someone else. I think you have entirely missed the point. Franklin chose my brother to write his story and he tells it in the exact manner in which he wanted it told. Unfortunately for those of us who loved both Franklin and Elwood, God planned them to meet in the next life just one month apart, my brother departing this life first. My brother was a great man as well and it is obvious that Franklin thought so too. I like to think that they are working on the next autobiography, this one of my brother, Elwood J.C. Kureth.
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Summary: A must-read, must-buy Vietnam memoir
Review: This is an amazing book. It runs a little over two hundred pages, but is so engrossing that you'll probably blow through it in one sitting (like I did). The recounts of battle are vividly written and capture the terror and exhileration of combat better than any other book I've read. The non-combat stories, however, are just as engrossing and often laugh-out-loud funny. If you have any interest at all in war memoirs, buy this book now while you still can. This is one of the few books that demands more than one reading.
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Summary: The Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: This is definitely and without question the most interesting, entertaining, and enlightening book I've ever read, I couldn't put it down, I really don't know what else to say. Every red-blooded American male should read this book, you'll be glad you did, and if you don't like it, I'll buy your copy.
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Summary: Reads like a thriller...
Review: This title reads like a thriller, but with the constant bite of realism and occasional breaks into humor that fiction just can't reproduce. It's an amazing true story, told by a great story teller (Miller, the Congressional Medal of Honor winner), written by a very talented writer (Kuruth, a US Army Captain during the Korean Conflict). The events unfold in a way that communicates the danger, action, luck and skill that took place in Miller's many years in Nam, and I'd reccomend this title to anyone.
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