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Title: Force Recon Command: 3D Force Recon Company in Vietnam, 1969-70 by Alex Lee ISBN: 0-8041-1023-9 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Remarkable men, passing too soon from our lives...
Comment: I believe this is a very balanced work, and sets forth a compelling remembrance of the good and great men who served under unspeakable conditions, and gained little by it for themselves but silent honor.
I bought and read this book, after returning from the funeral of my friend's father, Lt. Col. Buck Coffman, this past weekend (1 Sept., '01). Col. Coffman was a fascinating, remarkable man who served his nation well. Sometimes, perhaps, better than it's people deserved. I knew him apart from his role as warrior (though ALWAYS a Marine), and he set a standard to aspire to, as a man and as Man. He was loved truly by his family and friends.
At his memorial service, I had the privelege of meeting the author, Col. Lee, as well as Maj. Norton, Col. Morris, Gen. Gray and several of the other courageous men who served with them in the Marines; men written of in this book. Each and every one of them impressed me with their intelligence, decency and honor, and for the love they so obviously share for one another.
I am now starting on Doc Norton's Force Recon Diaries. I am very grateful to the men who write these books. We should always remember that giants DO walk the earth. I'm honored to have spent a time, even but a moment, in the shadow of one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Force Recon Command
Comment: Usually, there is one feature that really makes a book valuable to the reader. So valuable, in fact, that they will re-read the book several times and, so-to-speak, turn it into a reference volume for themselves. Such a book is Force Recon Command. The uniqueness of this book is the immense amount of material devoted to leadership styles and development. This book should be required reading for every Marine Corps junior officer. It is a gold mine of inside information about what makes one the kind of leader who is respected, loved, and followed by the men he leads. Such a leader was Alex Lee. Further, most of the leadership principles laid out in this book can have a direct application and effect upon business leaders of today.
Rating: 5
Summary: Long Range Patrolling by the Marines
Comment: This is a great book by Alex Lee that describes his experiences commanding a Marine recon company near the DMZ in 1969-70.
He does and excellent job describing the perils of even getting to his assigned position at the time, as different personnel shops wanted to Shanghi him for other duties. Only appeals to the commanding general in his area got him to his post.
His group was an outcast outfit that had to scrounge for equipment. He had fights with rear echelon people to get adequate gear and air support. He had one Lt. that turned out to be a coward and almost caused many other casualties. He was gotten rid of, and later, back in the states found that the Lt was about to be made Cpt. He described what had happened, and the person resigned from the Marines.
He had 6 person teams inserted to do recon work. Some headquarters people thought that 8 person teams were better, ignoring the fact that only 6 can be put on one chopper.
He was given direct orders to put in 8 man teams, and just ignored them.
A Col Patton even said his men were liars when they reported trucks at Ashau. Later, truck parts were taken from Ashau and presented to the Col's assistant, as Col Patton was not there.
Maj Lee had to scrounge supplies from the Army, Air Force, Navy, the CIA, and even rations from the Australians.
The bravery of the helicopter pilots is described in some detail. He rode with one pilot on a mission that got the pilot the Navy Cross. Maj Lee got no award, even though he was right behind the pilot the whole time.
Maj Lee went on several missions himself, so has detail memory of those events. A tiger was around on one of their patrols, keeping everyone awake.
The lack of security of B-52 missions was discussed. Many were wasted as the North Vietnamese were told days in advance that a target was to be bombed, so they got out of the way.
Effects of B-52 raids is described, as his unit went to see the after affects of the bombings in his sector. When they did hit something, the carnage was great.
The book describes a group of very brave men, doing a very difficult mission. They knew that the U.S. was pulling out of Vietnam, and could have coasted, but did not.
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Title: First Force Recon Company: Sunrise at Midnight by Bill Peters ISBN: 0804118736 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Force Recon Diary, 1969 by B.H. Norton ISBN: 0804106711 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Force Recon Diary, 1970 by Bruce H. Norton ISBN: 0804108064 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Utter's Battalion: 2/7 Marines in Vietnam 1965-66 by Alex Lee ISBN: 0804116385 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Inside Force Recon: Recon Marines in Vietnam by Michael Lee Lanning ISBN: 0804103011 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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