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posted 03-04-2002 11:25 PM     Profile for Admin   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote

Gary Linderer, a decorated Vietnam veteran, authored this two volume set cataloging Army Ranger long-range patrol histories. Each volume is full of exciting an intense combat.

Book Review: Phantom Warriors, Vols. 1 and 2

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Zhukov
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posted 03-05-2002 06:51 AM     Profile for Zhukov   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Sounds like these books would be an interesting complement to Michael Herr's 'Dispatches' in which I first read about LRRPs. According to Herr, they were strange animals, but I suppose you'd have to be in that sort of business.


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posted 03-05-2002 09:44 AM     Profile for Twitch   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Brought back some weird memories for me. I remember listening post missions when 2 of us would stake out a trail or whatnot for up to 2 weeks and report traffic. Very adrenilin making when gooks would go by 6 feet away from you. Marines had 1911s issued that I never saw many Army guys with. They were good savers for close in.

The M-16 firing rate has always been faked in movies. Most of the time you fired semi-auto. Even on full you snapped off 3-round bursts usually. Saw it depicted correctly in only one cheap flick. All others show people firing full clip bursts. These movie heros woulda been outta ammo in the first 3 minutes of a fire fight!

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Bernard Dy
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Twitch,

I didn't know you were a Vietnam Vet. Would love to hear some of your stories sometime.

Yeah, the LRRPs in the book did indeed have a few times when they got close but remained undetected. It sounded like a tough job.

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