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Title: Death in the a Shau Valley: L Company Lrrps in Vietnam, 1969-70 by Larry Chambers ISBN: 0-8041-1575-3 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not up to par
Comment: I am a Vietnam infantry veteran and served with the 101st Airborne Div during this same time period. Chambers first book, Recondo, was much more interesting and far more accurate. This effort seems to have come from an author who never felt the heat of combat, just heard the stories, I know however, that is not true in this case. His recollections bounce around so much I kept getting lost in the stories. While I was "only a leg" my company employed most all of the super sneeky tactics you macho LRRPs seem to have invented. I bought this book based on the author, my mistake.
Rating: 5
Summary: My Take on Chambers' DEATH IN THE A SHAU VALLEY
Comment: This is Larry Chambers second book. I have not yet read his first, but absolutely will. You shouldn't come to Larry Chambers' Death in the A Shau Valley expecting to find the writing style of an experienced literary man. You will not find it. Instead, you will read the accounts of life in Nam as Chambers lived it, as Chambers the American soldier lived it. The chapters are often disjointed from a true chronology of events, but they do single out for telling what are obviously high points of memory. Some chapters are very short, because there is nothing else to say about the experience, others a bit longer. Some end abruptly because that is the way the experience ends. Others play out. However, within the entire book, you get a true picture of Chambers' life in Viet Nam. His humor comes through, as does his occasional envy at the softer life of some, and as does his sarcasm about the ineptness of some, as does his irreverence borne from a year on the firing line. You even get the true feelings of how the American soldier (LLRP, rear echelon, or in between) viewed the Vietnamese people. I will always remember Chambers telling of an incident that happened on his week's leave at Waikiki Beach--a little girl threw an object, and Chambers hit the sand. We generally know what this is all about, and Chambers' reaction. Death in the A Shau Valley is important reading if you want to get the sense and sensibilities of one man in Nam. As for me, I'm beginning Chambers' other book tonight.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best I have read on Special Op's Vietnam....
Comment: This book stands alone on the merits of its content. It is characterized by excellent writing. I have read other books about LRRP's and Special Op's in Vietnam, and most have been characterized by poor writing and sketchy details. Not so here.
Mr. Chambers has written a truly superb book that never once lets up with the riveting suspense. It is simply one exciting tale after another, and this is one ex-soldier who knows how to vividly detail his experiences 'in-country'.
There are many missions in this book that will leave you leaning forward in anticipation. Nightime airmobile extractions under blackout conditions while NVC soldiers were taken by surprise, only yards away. Once Mr. Chambers had an NVC soldier grab him at the same moment he was extracted while holding the line, having to kick away his assailant. He paints an excellent picture of a silent life, using hand-signals and often traveling at night, avoiding any trails and utilizing complete stealth.
His recollections are not always positive,as he discovered another party who had their deception revealed and were left dead for their comrades to find. Another time while on leave in Vietnam he visits a friend at a training facility, and watches as an instructor is showing a class the proper way to handle a grenade and it explodes, causing him to lose his arm. Even using the radio while no enemy was near was hazardous, when 'miking' the transmitter on a mountaintop caused stray electricity at this high altitude to send an electrical strike to the transmitter, necessitating an Airmobile evacuation of the injured.
Mr. Chambers went on to earn a Masters Degree after his service. This was clear from the first chapter, as I found myself completely involved in this book, finding it hard to put it down. A riveting book that better describes life behind the lines than others of its genre.
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Title: The Ghosts of the Highlands: 1st Cav Lrrps in Vietnam, 1966-67 by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson ISBN: 0804115974 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lrrp Team Leader by John Burford ISBN: 0804110514 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Recondo: Lrrps in the 101st by Larry Chambers ISBN: 0804108439 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gone Native : An NCO's Story by ALAN CORNETT ISBN: 0804116377 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John L. Plaster ISBN: 0451195086 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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