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Vietnam Combat
- Firefights and Writing History
- By: Robin Bartlett
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
1st Lieutenant Robin Bartlett suddenly found himself at the "repo-depo" in Bien Hoa reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The unit had more helicopter support than any other unit in Vietnam. Immediate support from artillery, helicopter gunships, and ARA was only minutes away to support a firefight. Wounded troops could be medevaced even in dense jungle using "jungle penetrators." It also meant that Bartlett's platoon could deploy through helicopter combat assaults into hot LZs (landing zones) at a moment's notice if an enemy force had been spotted. And they did.
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4 out of 5 stars
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financial disaster
- By peter brumlik on 02-10-25
- Vietnam Combat
- Firefights and Writing History
- By: Robin Bartlett
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
Excellent "boots on the ground" perspective.
Reviewed: 05-16-23
This is an excellent "boots on the ground" perspective of a platoon leader in the war. It is very well written, and contains all aspects of the war- horrifying, humorous, and the seemingly trivial but fascinating issues soldiers faced. The narration is off in the introduction, but picks up quickly in the rest of the book.
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US Navy SOG SEALs
- The MACV-SOG Medal of Honor Recipients Series, Book 2
- By: Keith McKim
- Narrated by: Keith McKim
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 544
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 540
US Navy Seal Lieutenant Tom Norris, on three separate occasions over a four-day period, with no sleep, went behind enemy lines to rescue two downed air force pilots. Using stealth tactics, he was able to get though or around hundreds of North Vietnamese to rescue one pilot. The second pilot - hungry, thirsty, and having lost 40 pounds - was disoriented and unable to help in his rescue. Norris, with the help of one Vietnamese Seal, was able to safely bring the pilot back inside US lines.
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3 out of 5 stars
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great stories, awful audio, biased perspective
- By david mattingly on 07-13-21
- US Navy SOG SEALs
- The MACV-SOG Medal of Honor Recipients Series, Book 2
- By: Keith McKim
- Narrated by: Keith McKim
great stories, awful audio, biased perspective
Reviewed: 07-13-21
This book could easily be 5 stars across the board.
The stories are fantastic, and while most of us might be aware of them, there is a lot more depth that was fascinating.
Author's recording mic makes the audio sound like it was recorded on an 8-track. Also, despite the narrator and author being the same person, the story is poorly told, with awkward pauses in the middle of sentences.
Sadly, the author also dishonors the legacy of these brave men by inserting his personal politics into the story. No one cares what he feels "the socialist-communist media", or "the Democratic congress", the "Godless communists" etc. Tell the story, and leave your skewed politics and faith out of it.
For those of us that listen to a lot of military history on audiobooks, this one is pretty difficult to get through.
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