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Special Ops Squad, Book 1
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Gary Telles
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By:
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Rick Shelley
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As members of the Alliance of Light, humans have committed to the battle against the Ilion Federation, and they’re doing their part. But the Alliance’s army is fragmented, and to unify their forces, the army’s leaders must do the unthinkable: They form the First Combined Regiment, made up of soldiers from every alien race in the Alliance. The Spec Ops Squad is supposed to be the best of the best, an elite group within the First Combined Regiment to take care of the dirtiest jobs.
Sergeant Bart "Dragon" Drak isn’t too surprised to learn that these warriors don’t have a whole lot in common, and it’s obvious that it will take a lot of work to turn a bunch of commandos into a team. He didn’t sign up for this, but he’s got to see it through.
In the midst of training, the Spec Ops Squad is called off to planet Dintsen to fight off an invasion from the Ilion Federation. With such an elite fighting force, beating them back should be a piece of cake...except Ilion’s got the same kind of team on their side, and theirs are better trained. Drak will have to face down tremendous odds and new challenges to bring his team home.
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They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed - the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own. Vietman veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nha Trang and the harrowing graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerrilla the NVA.
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- By Rodney on 06-11-21
By: Larry Chambers
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A Desert Called Peace
- Carrera, Book 1
- By: Tom Kratman
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 26 hrs and 45 mins
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He raised an army against those who took everything from him. They should have picked their enemies more carefully. Five centuries from now, on a remarkably Earthlike planet that is mankind's sole colony in space, religious fanatics called the "Salafi Ikhwan" have murdered the uncle of former colonel Patrick Hennessey. That was their first mistake, because uncle was rich and Hennessey was rather a good colonel. But they also murdered Hennessey's wife, Linda, and their three small children, and that was their worst mistake for she was the only restraint Hennessey had ever accepted.
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The description is better than the execution
- By Dan on 02-21-14
By: Tom Kratman
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My War in the Jungle: The Long-Delayed Memoir of a Marine Lieutenant in Vietnam 1968–69
- By: G. M. Davis
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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This memoir tells the story of a Marine rifle platoon commander’s time in the mountainous jungle of the northernmost province of the then Republic of Vietnam. While tasked with fighting the enemy, G.M. Davis made some great friends but saw too much death. The author tracks his tour of duty in the jungle, leading Marines not against the Viet Cong but against the North Vietnamese Army, a well-trained and well-supplied professional army dedicated to unifying the two Vietnams.
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Outstanding
- By Andrew on 02-04-24
By: G. M. Davis
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Brotherhood of Heroes
- The Marines at Peleliu, 1944
- By: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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A Band of Brothers for the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious, yet largely forgotten, battle of World War II. Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the scene for one of the most savage struggles of modern times, a true killing ground that has all but been forgotten, until now.
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Flawed and Plodding
- By Blake on 09-02-09
By: Bill Sloan
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Nine Days in May
- The Battles of the 4th Infantry Division on the Cambodian Border, 1967
- By: Warren K. Wilkins
- Narrated by: Richard Peterson
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
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Nine Days in May is the first full account of the bitterly contested battles fought between three American battalions and two North Vietnamese Army regiments. This prolonged, deadly encounter was one of the largest, most savage actions seen by elements of the storied 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Drawing on interviews with the participants, Warren K. Wilkins recreates the vicious fighting in gripping detail. This is a story of extraordinary courage and sacrifice.
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Excellent
- By David on 06-12-18
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WAR
- By: Sebastian Junger
- Narrated by: Sebastian Junger
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Junger turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat - the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
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Why we fight re-visited
- By J on 09-20-10
By: Sebastian Junger
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Platoon Leader
- A Memoir of Command in Combat
- By: James R. McDonough
- Narrated by: Joel Rooks
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.
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abridged? it was mutilated!
- By J. Padilla on 02-09-16
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Eye of the Storm
- Twenty-Five Years in Action with the SAS
- By: Peter Ratcliffe, Noel Botham, Brian Hitchen
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for 25 years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War, and in the Gulf campaign. From his early days in the Paras to his time as Regimental Sergeant-Major in the Gulf, he has lived and fought by the motto 'who dares wins'. Eye of the Storm is his insider's account of that exceptional career.
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Peter is the real deal
- By LARRY on 10-19-19
By: Peter Ratcliffe, and others
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Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne
- By: Arthur Wiknik Jr.
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
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An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier's eye view... Nam-Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the US Army in 1968. After completing various NCO training programs, he was promoted to sergeant "without ever setting foot in a combat zone" and sent to Vietnam in early 1969. Shortly after his arrival on the far side of the world, Wiknik was assigned to Camp Evans, a mixed-unit base camp near the Northern village of Phong Dien.
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A very good view of the war from a grunt's view.
- By Frank B. Smith on 07-16-19
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- Trudy Owens
- 07-10-15
It's ok; there are other books I enjoyed more
The narrator is not really enjoyable. I heard many, many wrong emphases. His reading of dialog is actually fine with some change of voices for the different people and species. It's the prose that is awful with slow, dragged out, monotone phrases and emphasizing the wrong words all over the place. I increased the speed to 1.25 and it was less annoying.
The story is pretty good. It is hard to come up with something new nowadays, so be prepared for more of the same. These Alliance inter-species Rangers must learn to overcome their racial prejudices and fears and learn to work together in order to defeat the Federation. There are some good battles, and some sad losses, but I am not yet in love with Buck Sargent Drak, so I hope there is some deeper characterization in the next book. The other species are a little weird, but a good contemplation of what might happen if evolution went through reptiles instead of apes. These guys are more like humanized colobus monkeys, lizards, and Neanderthals than some of the aliens in other books. But that is just the way evolution went in this world. Not unlike the old Star Trek.
If you have finished everything by Campbell and Nuttall, you can give this a shot and see how you think it stacks up.
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- Allan
- 03-14-13
Had Potential
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I finished the book, but was left with an empty experience..
What did you like best about this story?
The idea of combining different races, to work together as one unit.
What aspect of Gary Telles’s performance would you have changed?
The story was read with little impact. I just couldn't get the feeling of the moments.. From boring moments to battle... Everything was read with the same level. It was like I was listening to someone reading an inventory list.
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- Josue Mendoza
- 11-25-18
The Best
1st book I ever read. GREAT STORY!! Always had an issue reading, but this kept me involved.
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