Phantom Warriors: Book I: LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam [Mass Market Paperback]

Gary Linderer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Phantom Warriors | Publication Date: June 5, 2001

Here are some of the most courageous missions executed by six-man teams on their own deep behind enemy lines.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804119988
• ISBN-13: 978-0804119986
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > World > 20th Century
  • #58 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Americas > United States > 20th Century
  • #69 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Military > Vietnam War

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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Left hanging, April 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Phantom Warriors: Book I LRRPs, LRPs and Rangers in Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)

Instead of a history of the LRRPS, LRPs and Rangers, this book is a collection of a single tale from each unit, but not all tales or all units. While each story is intense and well-written, we are left begging for more. In fact, I felt a bit let down. It was as though I were at a meeting of every living LRRP, LRP and Ranger, but could only have one story from one member of each unit. The result is a great collection of short stories, but not an authoritative history of the subject matter. A good read if you want a taste of the business, but should be retitled "The Best of ...." or something along that line.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WT Grant Eyewitness, August 10, 2005

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W. T. Grant - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phantom Warriors: Book I: LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read all of this author's books and found them all well written and captivating in description of the horrors of war, the brotherhood of warriors and the rise of ordinary American young men to heroic deeds in the face of a determined enemy. As an eye witness to some of the events described I find some of those all too captivating in their reality and accuracy. I consider it my extreme good fortune to have known the author both as dedicated warrior and true American patriot, who after leaving the Army has used his experiences in offering a strong hand or a sympathetic shoulder to any other veteran in need. Unfortunately, there is one veteran whose choice was to return that hand with teeth marks in it. This veteran, fancying himself as a modern day Oliver Twist frequently posts reviews laden with inaccurate and irrelevant staff duty logs as evidence that the actions on 20 Nov 68 never happened or are distorted fantasies created Gary Linderer. He often identifies himself as "a reader" or with handles like Mark Twain "Joy", but never his real name and all his facts Oliver Twisted. If Linderer fantasized the action of 20 Nov 68 it surely was a mass hallucination, taking in some 30 pilots, the Company Commander and even Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division all who actually there that day Oliver. The dream was so realistic that team members and reaction force soldiers can still show one the scars inflicted by this author's imagination. It also took in an unknown, but clearly large number of enemy soldiers who spent the better part of ten hours trying to shoot me out of the sky every time I went near that hill. Maybe I just imagined myself in a very large hornets nest, but the difference was that I was there that day and Mr. Reader was not. Reader questions the author's awards, but fails to mention that the U.S. Army saw fit to hand out dozen of valorous awards for that action that included two Distinguished Service Crosses. I visited the author in the hospital the next day so I am convinced that he earned a Purple Heart that day whether it made it into his records or not. Have your mommy read you Mr. Dickens work again, you may discover that Oliver did get what he wanted when he asked for, "More please."

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More please..., March 31, 2001

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Bob Taylor (Houston/Galveston Area (TX)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phantom Warriors: Book I LRRPs, LRPs and Rangers in Vietnam (Mass Market Paperback)

After having just completed Mr. Linderer's latest book, I must say that the he continues to write with excellent skill and story telling ability. I was once told the difference between a war story and a fairy tale is that a war story starts with, "This ain't no s***." Well PHANTOM WARRIORS "ain't no s***." PHANTOM WARRIORS is a high speed trail through a collection of stories from different units and their operational and geographical contrasts. This ruck sack of stories from other LRRP/Ranger units in Vietnam takes the reader from the Delta to the north end of the Ho Chi Minh trail and each step of the journey is sprinkled with booby traps, incompetent leaders, and fantastic acts of bravery, heroism, and examples of the of the LRRP/Ranger creeds, "Rangers Lead The Way" and "LRRPs Don't Leave LRRPs Behind." When you visit the military history section of your book store DON'T LEAVE PHANTOM WARRIORS BEHIND! The only critisiscm I have is that the book ends all too quickly and I will retract that statement if Mr. Linderer promises that he won't stop with Volume II.