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Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne

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Having been in the army, served in a war myself, and now turned helicopter pilot, I can truly recommend his book to everybody. Especially readers who are thinking of joining, people who have served and wifes who are trying to understand. Larry Chambers tells it how it is. It's the "real experience" without the politics and the [] Hollywood drama. I personally enjoyed most how the book showes that in the real world, all that was learned in basic and from the handbook, needs to be "slightly modified" to survive a real battle and keep working. You guys are true heroes to me and I thank you, Larry, for a wonderful book I couldn't put down until I was done at around 3am next morning.

I enjoyed this book rather immensely. It was short but was simultaneously gripping. It one man's story of the Vietnam War as he experienced it serving with a LRRP unit in the 101st. For those interested in seeing and understanding the Vietnam War from all the angles necessary to more completely comprehend the goings on over there, this book is an excellent addition.

This book really explains what happened in Vietnam without all the bull.

This is an exelent book, it covers the author time while serving in F coy/ 58 LRP and L coy/ 75 Ranger

One of the things I love is the way the author decribes the small details, the nitty gritty...attention to details are importend, but it is details in the field...

This book also gives an avid account of the authors trip to the famed MACV recondo school and has plenty of goddy tips that can be used even today by modern patrol soldiers.

The author is a modest man, but you cannot miss that fact that Larry Chambers was icecold in combat.....did things that many others would have freaked out on......

I could not put i down

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"I made this book mandatory reading for my Ranger team. I'd quiz my men about what they'd learned; to be bold, daring, tenacious, audacious, and don't be afraid to make a decision. We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we'd get to objective so fast they had to hold us back.

US Army Master Sergeant H. "Max" Mullen Ret.
75th Ranger Regiment

I really dont like to read at all, but when I picked up this book i couldn't put it down. The excitement and the derad or the war was caught in this book. I love this book......

Larry Chambers takes you into the jungles of Vietnam with a vengeance. He will have you laughing then cringing in the same sentence. He will have you ducking incoming. Once you pick up this book it will be impossible to put down. I have always known that Lurps were the heroes of Vietnam. This book just verifys it.

If you enjoy reading personal accounts of combat, this one's for you. This book details the many patrols and missions that Chambers went on. Doesn't spend too much time describing/discussing mundane details of military life. Sticks to personal accounts of action in the jungle. You can see how he turns from a cherry to a veteran recon man over the course of the story. Written very well. Tough to put down. Having read dozens of personal accounts of combat in Vietnam, this one stacks up with the best of the rest.

"Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne" is one of the best books about LRRPs that has been written. Larry Chambers has a good, friendly writing style that invites the reader out for a beer. He is factual, and his descriptive language is gripping. He is very good at projecting feelings to the reader.

The early part of the book picks up with his entry into the Army and gives a good, brief description of his basic training, infantry school, and Airborne school. Then he arrives in Vietnam. I think his description of what it feels like to be a "cherry" or new guy is precisely what it feels like to be that new guy. It's excellent. We're then led to Recondo School after Chambers volunteers for it. I believe Chambers's description of the Recondo school which was run by 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam was unbelievably good. I've heard this was one of the best schools the Army has ever run, and Chambers doesn't lead me to believe any different.

After Recondo, Chambers takes us on many missions of varying types. The descriptions of combat are very well done. He actually made me feel what it was like to rush together a reaction team to go save what's left of one of your teams when it's being shot up. That's no small accomplishment.

I think this is a very good book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in military history, Vietnam, memoirs, or history in general. It is raw and real.

One of the best reads I've had in a while. Excitement and drama in every chapter. Unexpected chills and thrills also. I did not want to put the book down. Most of the training that was covered had to do with on the job training, which was the most dangerous. From ambushes to booby traps to the unexpected, this book had it all. It makes you appreciate the job previous and current armed forces personnel have done for this country.