Battlelines [Paperback]

LtCol David Brown USMC Ret (Author), Tiffany Brown Holmes (Contributor)

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About the Author

LtCol David B. Brown, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret), recipient of the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in combat, was a captain and company commander in the Vietnam War.

Tiffany Brown Holmes, author of Once Defiant and The Promise, holds a degree in English with an emphasis on expository and creative writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (October 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595366953
• ISBN-13: 978-0595366958
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #745,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam Fox Comapany, August 11, 2009

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E. Johnson "Skwidd" (U.S. Navy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Battlelines (Hardcover)

Incoherent writing. I had to keep referring back and forth to keep track of who what when where and how. Photos were grainy and thick with loss of detail. Too small as well.
Fox Comapany kicked ass though.

5.0 out of 5 stars Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines - Their History, June 5, 2006

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W. H. McDonald Jr. "The American Author Assoc... (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Battlelines (Hardcover)

Retired USMC Lt. Col. David Brown and his daughter, Tiffany Brown Holmes, team up to write the definitive history of one of the best fighting units in the Vietnam War. They finally share with the rest of the world, the real history and the stories of one of America's finest fighting units from the Vietnam War - Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. Their history is told with much pride in a book called "Battlelines." The book gives us the unit's history through personal accounts of those who served from 1966 through 1971. It is all about real heroes and brotherhood and team work; but it is also about death, wounds and PTSD. It is about shared experiences in hell and funny stories as well.

The authors did a great job of piecing this unit's history together so that it flows as one story as you read the book. There are some memories that hurt and will bring tears and some that may bring a smile. This book is about real men facing life and death and taking care of each other in the process. This is what the Marines are all about and this unit is one of the finest examples of that spirit.

There were at least two men who were awarded the Medal of Honor and the unit had a host of other men receive various and numerous medals for heroic deeds. But this unit also got more than its share of Purple Hearts (for wounds received while in combat). "Fox Company" even got a Presidential Unit Citation for the battle for Hue. This was not some garrison troop that went out on an occasional patrol. This was a fighting force to be reckoned with as the NVA and VC forces found out.

If you were only going to read one book about the Marines in Vietnam then this would be that one book you should read. It honors not only this unit but all Marines. It is well written and well researched and was obviously a labor of love for the authors.

This book receives the MWSA's HIGHEST BOOK RATING - FIVE STARS!