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Summary: Very fast moving with non-stop action
Review: A must read for those interested in this war and its conduct by small units and individual soldiers. Nolan brings the soldier's pain, fear, suffering, shame, and valor right to your reading chair. In particular this reader was outraged by Nolan's description of the malfunctioning M16 rifle with which the U.S. government sent our young men into battle..a crime never adequately exposed or addressed. It accounted for the useless deaths of so many of our brave soldiers. You will not be able to put this book down...buy it! Read it!!
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Summary: powerfully written
Review: i greatly enjoyed this book. once i picked it up, i couldn't put it down. the best book on vietnam i have read (might be a little bias, my dad is mention in the book). this book had great detail as far as the lives of the Marines in the battle field.
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Summary: An exceptionally well written, smooth, fast paced book.
Review: KEITH WILLIAM NOLAN HAS WRITTEN A FAST PACED ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE VIET NAM WAR. FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE THERE THE DATE APRIL 30,1968 IS BURNED INTO OUR MEMORY FOREVER. MR. NOLAN HAS DONE HIS RESEARCH AND HAS TOLD OUR STORY HONESTLY. HE TELLS THE STORY BY INTERMINGLING FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS INTO A COMPLETE STORY OF THE BATTLE. THE GOOD AND THE BAD ARE PRESENTED. THE HEROISM AND THE FAILURES ARE ALL THERE FOR THE READER TO SEE. THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF MARINES FIGHTING ON THE DMZ DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1968. IF YOU WERE THERE;THIS IS YOUR STORY. IF YOU WERE NOT;THIS IS HOW IT REALLY WAS. THIS BOOK IS A GOOD READ AND A GREAT TRUE STORY TOLD BY A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER.
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Summary: An exceptionally well written, smooth, fast paced book.
Review: Nolan has the gift of writing pictures. His ability, not just to put into words, but to do so with such fluidity, style, and accuracy put me back there as if I had never left. I read this and Operation Buffalo each twice and found in them the perfect tools I needed to finally speak of the war to my family.
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Summary: Interesting & Honest Account of a Vietnam War Battle
Review: You cannot but praise this author for his honesty. The book tells the story of a joint USMC and US Army battle in the DMZ with brutal truth. The story is told, warts and all, and it made this book what it is. I must say however that at times I felt the story got a bit disjointed and could have used more and better maps to assist the narrative but overall the author presents a decent and well researched account of this terrible battle. If you like down to earth and in your face combat accounts then you should enjoy this book.
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