It was in South Vietnam's notorious Viet Cong-and predator-infested mangrove swamps in the 1960s that the U.S. Navy Sea-Air-Land commandos, or SEALs, established their richly deserved reputation as America's best-trained and most effective special warface operators. Now for the first time, the SEALs who were there talk about the missions that have been left out of official histories and existing accounts.
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This is the story of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team One in Vietnam as told by twenty of the elite Navy commandos who fought there from 1962 to 1972. Here for the first time, these unorthodox and sometimes iconoclastic special warriors talk about the missions that are left out of the official histories and existing accounts. Extraordinarily gripping and personal, these narratives reveal what really happened on those covert forays. Dennis Cummings has succeeded in coaxing the SEALs to reveal what made them tick, why they volunteered for such dangerous work and returned for multiple tours in the unpopular war, how they pooled their special talents and motivations, and finally how they overcame fear, frustration, and personal losses. A counter to the uncorroborated barroom braggadocio common to other accounts, Cummings's achievement gives the best picture available of what it really meant to wear the distinctive SEAL trident insignia.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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"Good",
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This review is from: The Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One In Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)
Former U.S. Navy SEALs (from SEAL Team One) tell you their stories and some of the things they remembered while in Vietnam. Provides a bit of insight into the kind of operations they ran while in Vietnam. It is interesting, and is an easy-read... not bad at all.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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DONT BE FOOLED BY THE COVER,
By alex "alex" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One In Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is about seal team one during the vietnam war.Each chapter is about a different member of seal team 1. The chapters arent connected to each other and this isnt really a story, but a book of stories from seal team 1 members. You will feel how the war was in their eyes.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Disappointing,
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This review is from: The Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One In Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)
Evocative cover, but fails to deliver inside. Author is obviously not a SEAL, perhaps even a rabid wannabe. Stories are raw and disconnected, at least in part because they are uncorroborated oral histories. When finished, the reader is left with more questions about the Teams than when he started.
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