Recondo
LRRPs in 101st
$23.49
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2004
Summary
For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win.
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. Vietnam veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780891418405 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0891418407 |
| Author: | Larry Chambers |
| Publisher: | Presidio Press |
| Imprint: | Presidio Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2004 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 107mm x 171mm |
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Critics Review
“I made this book mandatory reading for my Rangers… . We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we’d get to the objective so fast they had to hold us back.”—US Army Master Sergeant H. “Max” Mullen Ret.
75th Ranger Regiment
Larry Chambers
Larry Chambers served fifteen months in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne as a LRP/Ranger. His awards and decorations include two Bronze Stars for valor, a Purple Heart, two Air Medals for valor, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He was assigned to L Co., 75th Infantry (Ranger) and F Co., 58th (LRP) during his service in Vietnam.
After returning home, Chambers earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Utah, graduating as a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. He currently resides in Ojai, California.
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