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Summary: The records are extremely accurate
Review: As an ex-topper, who fought in combat, and read this so-called "nonfiction" books and the others - "I am glad to see the real facts starting to go out." About the form: DA 1594 that thess authors are now saying are, "3rd and 4th party hearsay." Nice spin, but not at all. These are the records that "YOUR TEAMS CALLED IN." You keep records like this in the field of combat, Mister Miller? You know how these records are made? This book is a fruad and a fake and here is why: DA 1594 Dailey Staff Journals or Duty Officer Log: Managing Info For Battle tracking, By LTC Scott G. Wuestner. Information management and battle tracking are keys to a tactical operation center's (TOC) success. ... Journal or logs are more than a record of radio messages. Staff officers or NCOs must be proactive in getting critical information in the messages out to the right people in a timely manner. Units currently requires staffs to maintain the outdated DA Form 1594 Staff Duty Log, dated Nov. 1962. This form is a permanent record for training operations, operational reviews and historical research.
I REPEAT, "HISTORICAL RESEARCH."
5. The Objectives of the DA 1594 Journal files are designed to do the following:
a.Assist in more efficient conduct of operations.
b.Provide a ready reference for the commander and the staff and for higher and lower headquarters.
c.Serve as a record for training matters, operational reviews, and historical research.
6. Guidance
a.Difference in size, organization, and missions of units and staff sections preclude rigid adherence to a model form of journal. However, DA Form 1594 (Daily Staff or Duty Officer'; Log), shown at figure 1, provides an example.
b.Journal forms must be used on one side only because of the following.
(1)Legal and historical information is recorded in the journal.
(2)Problems encountered with normal "bleed through" characteristics.
c.Journals normally will cover a 24-hour period.
7. Procedures
a.Accurate data with sufficient detail to fix the time and place and describe important events will characterize all entries in the journal.G-2 & G-3 Section 101st Abn. Div. Camp Eagle YD808162
20 Nov. 1968 1000H (C) G2 recd msg fr 1st Bde stating: At 2400H to 0400H vic An Nong Village YD918093 & An Nong 3 YD933106 in Loc Bon village, info came in from village chief to A Co that 30 VC last night came through loc above. Primary purpose was to collect money, but would eccept rice instead. They came from south and returned south.
1200H (C) G2 recd msg 2d Bde stating: At 1130 H vic YC829900 LRP TM #24 ambushed est enemy sqaud (reinf) moving E on trail at YC 829900. Appartently rice carrying detail, for only two were VC were armed. En appeared to have been heading towards hill # 512 at YC8490. Res: 9 VC KIA, 2x 45 pistols CIA. Note: 8 VC were killed outright, one was captured but was seriously wounded. This VC later died after attempt to evac
him was made. No friendly cas. 1220H (C) G2 recd msg fr 2/17 stating: At 1124H vic YC8490 LRP Tm #24 amb 9 VC, 5 women & 4 men. LRP Tm believes VC were porters. Res: 5 female KIA BC, 4 VC male KIA BC, 2 x US 45 Cal pistols. VC were moving towards Hill 513 YC8490.
Item 17 - 1200H (C) recd msg fr 2d Bde stating: At 1130H vic YC829900 LRP Tm # 24 ambushed est enemy sqaud (reinf) moving E on trail at YC829900. Apparently was a rice carrying detail, for ony two VC were armed. En appeared to have been heading toward hill # 512 at YC8490. Res: 9 VC KIA, 2 x 24 pistols CIA. Note: 8 VC were killed outright, one was captured but was seriously wounded. This VC later died after an attempt to evac him was made. No friendly cas.
Item 18 - 1220H (C) G2 recd mes fr 2/17 Cav stating: At 11245H vic YC8490 LRP Tm # 24 amb (ambushed) 9 VC, 5 women & 4 men. LRP Tm believed VC were porters. Res: 5 VC female KIA, 4 Male KIA BC. 2 x US 45 Cal pistols. VC were moving towards Hill 513 YC8490. Neg US cas.Item 33 - 1620H (C) G3 recd mes fr 2/17 Cav stating: 2/17 (C) reports LRRPs in RZ Brenda are in heavy contact, 9 cas. Request 1 Co RRF. 1st Bde will supply the company - A/2/502. Insertion controlled by credit4. Item 36 - 1645H (C) recd msg fr 2d Bde, at 1620H, vic YC839880, LRP Tm 24 made contact w/unk size force. Res: 2 US KHA, 8 WIA. A complete report will be turned in tonight.
64 rounds of HE were called in by the team. Sounds like a friendly fire incident.
Item 48 - 2043H (C) G3 recd msg fr 2/17 Cav, LRP medevac completed 1830H, C/ARP ext fr contact site 1920H, shuttle to Brick has not been closed. Item 51 - 2130H (C) G2 recd msg fr 2/17, total 3 KHA, 21 WHA (8 serious, 13 minor), all cas fr LRP Co except 8 WIA fr ARP. One Kit CASON was WHA (minor) not included in 21 WHA.
SUMMARY: A LRP tm of F/58 Inf ambushed ten en [enemy] moving N on trail vic [vicinity] YC839887. The res [results] were eight enemy KIA and two wpns [weapons] capt [captured]. In subsequent encounter w/a [with a] reinforced enemy squad, the team killed on addtional en [enemy] in the same area. Buy the book! Then compare the made up version to the records. This author in the opening author's notes begs the reader not to believe the military records because "the records can be dry and boring." What he really meant was, "don't read the records. They refute all of our books!"
To further support that these men ran away in battle: G-2 & G-3 101st Abn. Div CAMP EAGLE DATE 23 Nov. 1968 page 5 of 7.
Item No 35 - 1429 hours (C) G-2 recd msg fr 2d Bde stating: At 1325H vic YC83888 D/2/501 1st plt at 1240H fnd 8 bodies: 7 x VC, 1 NVA, 4 pairs of PJ, 20 lbs of rice, 1 kettle, equipment left by LRPS: 1 x WP gernade, 1 x bottle of whole blood, LRP rations, poncho liner, 6 x US rucksacks, 1 x sewing kit and 5 xclaymore. Note: The 8 x VC were previously reported. FICTION!
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Summary: ?You couldn?t live 30 minutes out there with only six men!?
Review: Having been what combat arms soldiers consider a REMF for the past 14 years, I was totaly in awe of the stories I read in all three books in this series. I have always been a firm supporter of the line units and Ken Miller has managed to bring about a greater understanding, for me, of what the LRRP/Rangers in Vietnam went through. I've always heard that no one, who wasn't there, can truely appreciate what these men went through. I disagree with this line of thought. I don't believe men like Miller, Linderer,Martinez, and Jorgenson appreciate how much they are respected and admired by some of the people who read their books. No, I,m not a wanna-be. In fact, I've spent alot of time staying away from stuff that can get me killed. I do everything I can to support the guys who do the "Real Work" of the Army. I am aware of my own limitations. I just wanted to write this to thank you men for your service to our country, in hopes that you might actually see this someday. You are all heros in my book and I thank you for all of your books that have brought me hours of good reading and education.
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Summary: I was there.
Review: I have read the reviews it seems to me that The reader from USA the reader from Ca and jamesshepard1968 (as in Capt. Shepard) are all the same person. With all he knows about Daily Logs you'd think he was a clerk. However Jim Long and Don Lynch were our clerks. Besides this gal or guy is from Redmond Wash. I was there and I know you can't put to much into Daily Logs.
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Summary: rayjoy@ipa.net
Review: I have read this book along with the others by Rey & Gary. Altough I read them out of order,when i received this one I read all three of them. Kenn is an outstanding writter. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. Roadrunner 6 out
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Summary: This book is a poor example
Review: I read about half of this book. Sorry (*but*) to disagree with the other reviewers who think this tale is bold and somehow great, I didn't read it that way at all. These characters were a bright shinning example of what was wrong with men like these who thought they were 'special,' without ever really prooving it on the field of battle. A splendid bunch of 'misfits,' prone to misadventures in the rear, disgusted me. These men couldn't make it in any other unit in Vietnam as far as I could understand the theme of this so-called nonfiction. I think it makes the unit (*that should have been the best*) look bad or were they really that poorly led?
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Summary: I Wish I Read It Sooner!
Review: It's too late now to recommend this book to my student who wanted to write his final term paper a few months ago about the view from inside the Vietnam War. He's written his paper already and graduated from high school, but had he read this book he would have known much more intimately what it was to "be there." Mr. Miller's captivating style would have sufficed to propell him page to page, but the bravery, the humor, and the soul unraveled in the stories themselves are what make the book great. The events and people Mr. Miller depicts would have haunted his memory for years to come (and probably would have helped to pump a bit more inspiration into his term paper). ... If your curiosity has taken you to this remote corner of Amazon.com, I urge you venture further, deeper into the Vietnam War by way of Kenn Miller's book and it's companion by Rey Martinez.
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Summary: The cream between the cookies:
Review: Kenn Miller is that rarity in writing; the warrior scholar who not only 'has been there and done that' but can probably describe what it was like in several dialects of Chinese with enough sharp wit to boot! This is a good book but it is better when you know that Miller served two and a half years as a LRP/LRRP/RANGER IN THE WAR and that when he writes it is from a thoughtful and well-researched point of view. As a writer myself the only satisfaction I get is knowing that he's shorter than I am. He's one hell of a writer and has helped more than a few of us rise to his level of talent.
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Summary: I was a lurp/ranger with this company
Review: The chronology of events depicted within this book reveal a real life story that I as a member shared and remember as if it were only yesterday. The high lights as discussed in the book were the captain shepard stepping on the mine planted by someone in the company, the fight at the club which I was involved in and other lurps wanting to blow it up. The story about John Quick eating the frog was a reminder because I was the lurp who Quick had asked to fetch the frog and as the story tells killed him by early morning. The story of the two lurp teams toward the end of the book reveal an ending that I have wonder about for the last 34years because just week earlier I was on a mission with Riley Cox and Contreaus. I left Viet Nam 19 November and by the time I got to California the word was out that two lurp teams had met their demise and one team was lead by Contreaus.My nickname for Cox was mule because he was a big guy and he carried my claymore mines for me. We were young and patriotic and we wanted to serve our country. We-----------didn"t lose the war, the politicians lost it. Thank you and god bless.
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Summary: Kenn Miller leads the pack in writing about NAM experiences.
Review: There are few books about modern war that cause me to suspend my awareness of present surroundings while reading. This one does the deed. Kenn Miller's book Tiger The Lurp Dog introduced me to his exceptionally refined and gripping style of story telling. With Six Silent Men, Book Two, Miller continues to impress and inspire me. These were men of my generation "just doing a job" that deserves to see the light of day and a place in our memories and hearts. [...] Give this book your attention. It earns it by not being based just on imagination but on brotherhood, blood and guts and brains. A great read.
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Summary: A Very Timely book
Review: With the approaching court-martial of the Black man from the 1st Brigade, 101st Abn Div in Kuwait now about to begin I read this book and was blown away.
In Kenn Miller's book SIX SILENT MEN book Two on page 57 he writes that his company commander, "Captain Fitts was heard referring fondly to his Lurps as his "hoodlums." On the same page he writes, "The Old Foul Dudes felt like unwanted orphans."
On page 172 in Miller's book he writes "Before he had been in the company for three days , Captain Sheperd [Shepard] had already managed to alienate, insult, offend, or terrify almost every man in the company. Article 15 company punishment and busts of one of two pay grades for negligible offenses and imagined ones were down so fast the company payroll must've
dropped 10 percent."
These men were terrified of one man?!!! Excuse meeeeee?
Miller write that Captain Sheperd [Shepard] announced to the men that he wanted them to get rid of all their pet dogs that were unauthorized in the United States Army.
On page 173 Miller writes "No one knows who did it - or at least no one who knows will ever tell-but Captain Sheperd [Shepard] was quite effectively removed from the command of the long-range patrol company after only a week or so of command."
"At 0300 hours in the morning of July 30, 1968, Captain Sheperd [Shepard] stopped in the TOC to check on two teams in the field." On page 174 "Twenty seconds later Captain Sheperd [Shepard] left the TOC, there was an explosion about as loud as an impact of a small mortar, followed by screams of pain. Captain Sheperd [Shepard] had stepped on "toe-popper" mine that someone had planted at the entrance of his tent. The mine had severely mangled his foot."
"The next morning, there was a formation. With a hint of a smile on his face First Sergeant Walker announced that the CID's investigation comments about the company were very interesting. According to the CID, 40 percent of the
men in the company were psychotic. Forty percent suffered from delusions of grandeur. The remainder were merely criminally insane."
I agree with the CID report. These men could not be a pimple on a good Lurps buttocks. This would make a big story now that the SSG with the same 1st Brigade, of the 101st Airborne Division has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. His court-martial is to be held at Ft. Bragg, NC. Did these sel;f-proclaimed "criminally insane men" of yester-year get away with it? I hear that a Gary Linderer spelled the beans and his gutts in a sworn deposition in Seattle, WA. Wait for that story to come.
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