Six Silent Men (101st Lrp/Rangers) [Mass Market Paperback]

Reynel Martinez (Author)

Book Description

Series: 101st Lrp/Rangers | Publication Date: December 28, 1996

"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out there' with only six men."                [pg. 13]



In 1965 nearly four hundred men were interviewed and only thirty-two selected for the infant LRRP Detachment of the lst Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Old-timers called it the suicide unit. Whether conducting prisoner snatches, search and destroy missions, or hunting for the enemy's secret base camps, LRRPs depended on one another 110 percent. One false step, one small mistake by one man could mean sudden death for all.



Author Reynel Martinez, himself a 101st LRRP Detachment veteran, takes us into the lives and battles of the extraordinary men for whom the brotherhood of war was and is an ever-present reality: the courage, the sacrifice, the sense of loss when one of your own dies. In the hills, valleys, and triple-canopy jungles, the ambushes, firefights, and copter crashes, LRRPs were among the best and bravest to fight in Vietnam.

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"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out there' with only six men."                [pg. 13]



In 1965 nearly four hundred men were interviewed and only thirty-two selected for the infant LRRP Detachment of the lst Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Old-timers called it the suicide unit. Whether conducting prisoner snatches, search and destroy missions, or hunting for the enemy's secret base camps, LRRPs depended on one another 110 percent. One false step, one small mistake by one man could mean sudden death for all.



Author Reynel Martinez, himself a 101st LRRP Detachment veteran, takes us into the lives and battles of the extraordinary men for whom the brotherhood of war was and is an ever-present reality: the courage, the sacrifice, the sense of loss when one of your own dies. In the hills, valleys, and triple-canopy jungles, the ambushes, firefights, and copter crashes, LRRPs were among the best and bravest to fight in Vietnam.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st Ed. edition (December 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804115664
• ISBN-13: 978-0804115667
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Asia > Southeast Asia
  • #17 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Military > Vietnam War
  • #45 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Americas > United States > General

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SIX SILENT MEN, January 6, 2000

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"roadrunner6" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Six Silent Men (101st Lrp/Rangers) (Mass Market Paperback)

I read Rey's book second, Although I would have love to have read the books by the numbers I still enjoyed it very much, as a matter-of-fact when I got the other two, I read this one again. I have read all three of them three times, and have enjoyed them just as much each time I read them. I think Rey did an outstanding job of telling how the LRRP companies started. I have never met Rey, I am hoping to get an invite to their next reunion. I am an EX/ LRRP/RANGER. I was with ECHO/ 50th LRRPs then We became ECHO 75th RANGER. Roadrunner 6 out

23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative but...Boring, March 20, 2003

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Andrew A. Adams (Springville, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Six Silent Men (101st Lrp/Rangers) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read a lot of books on Special Ops and especially Lurps in Vietnam. I haven't read a book yet that I didn't like but this one was rather boring. I have to agree with another reviewer that there "wasn't anything making me want to turn the page." If you like sit on the edge of your chair, can't put the book down for hours read this isn't it. Still the book is informative and the series is pretty good.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS!!, October 26, 2001

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Chad R. Reihm (Miami Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Six Silent Men (101st Lrp/Rangers) (Mass Market Paperback)

What a great book! This has to be one of the most exciting, action packed and (despite what some other erroneous reviewers have said) well written vietnam history/memoirs out there.
'Marty' takes us on a sweeping adventure of the first two years of the LRRP's existence. He delves into their training in great detail and then throws you into their first mission...and lookout, the action doesn't stop until the last page. In fact most of the book is a narrative of their individual missions...these missions were usually 6 men, alone in NVA territory, whose job it was to obtain info on the enemy, including location, numbers, type of weapons, etc... Many times the team would be compromised and have to fight their way out of danger, occasionally losing (never leaving) members of the team, but always inflicting heavy casualties on the NVA. Their are some heart stopping missions in here that you will not believe. I simply could not put this book down. And this is coming from a reader who is usually 100% WWII! This book has seriously sparked my interest in learing more about Vietnam and our men's role in that much maligned war. If you enjoy war stories then you would LOVE this book!