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True Faith and Allegiance: An American Paratrooper and the 1972 Battle for An Loc is an intimate and compelling account of the most brutal infantry warfare. It is also a critique of the mishandling of America's departure from Indochina. An unintended consequence of Washington's stampede to get out of Indochina was an upsurge in combat on a scale not seen before in Vietnam, peaking with the Easter Offensive of 1972.
The battle for An Loc, a key component in the North Vietnamese attempt to overwhelm the South, swept Mike McDermott, then the senior advisor to an elite South Vietnamese paratrooper battalion, into some of the most horrific close-quarters fighting of the war. His in-the-trenches account is augmented by detailed descriptions of a user's perspective on the parachute resupply, tactical airpower, and B-52 strikes that allowed the An Loc garrison to survive.
True Faith and Allegiance is a riveting recounting of the prism through which a Vietnam veteran views the war as he continues to live with the aftereffects of life-altering experiences in the service of his country.
The book is published by The University of Alabama Press.
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In September Hope, acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II’s most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s most famous, but least understood, battles, and McManus tells the story of the American contribution to this crucial phase of the war in Europe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Go yanks go !
- De Alan en 03-06-13
De: John C. McManus
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Grunts
- Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II through Iraq
- De: John C. McManus
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 18 h y 25 m
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From the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die comes a sweeping narrative of six decades of combat, and an eye-opening account of the evolution of the American infantry. From the beaches of Normandy and the South Pacific Islands to the deserts of the Middle East, the American soldier has been the most indispensable - and most overlooked - factor in wartime victory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unfiltered First Hand Look at War
- De Peter Taylor en 01-07-21
De: John C. McManus
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Tiger Bravo's War
- De: Rick St. John
- Narrado por: David L. White
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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Tiger Bravo’s War follows a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the elite 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose’s World War II best seller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War - from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vietnam from an Officer's Perspective...
- De Michael Richards en 05-11-18
De: Rick St. John
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LRRP Company Command
- The Cav's LRP / Rangers in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969
- De: Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 2 h y 7 m
- Versión resumida
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The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, Capt. George Paccerelli, was tough, but the men's new AO was brutal. Former LRRP Kregg Jorgenson provides a gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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LRRP Company Command.
- De Charles en 12-27-09
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The Chosen Few
- A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Gregg Zoroya, William H. McRaven - foreward
- Narrado por: Gregg Zoroya
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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A single company of US paratroopers—calling themselves the "Chosen Few"—arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! What an amazing group of men!
- De Myla en 06-22-18
De: Gregg Zoroya, y otros
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Thunder Run
- The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
- De: David Zucchino
- Narrado por: Richard M. Davidson
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
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Called “the best account of combat since Black Hawk Down” by Men’s Journal, Thunder Run is a no-holds-barred look at the sweep of Baghdad, Iraq in 2003 by U.S. armed forces. One of the boldest gambles in modern military history, the surprise attack on Baghdad by three battalions of tanks and APCs and less than 1,000 men total was the single stroke that is credited for ending the Iraqi war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good reporting, but not a great book
- De Dr. Jonathan Newman en 04-01-12
De: David Zucchino
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The Fighters
- De: C. J. Chivers
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk - the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral confusion mixed with technical precision. In these remote places where the reason for their presence is sometimes not clear, these young men kill or are killed, facing palpable and often constant threat of ambush or hidden bombs....
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5 out of 5 stars
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a very human perspective...
- De dustin en 08-22-18
De: C. J. Chivers
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The Fires of Babylon
- Eagle Troop and the Battle of 73 Easting
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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On the morning of August 2, 1990, Iraqi armored divisions invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. The Iraqi Army, after its long war with Iran, had more combat experience than the US Army. The Kuwaitis had collapsed easily enough, but the invasion drew fierce condemnation from the United Nations, which demanded Hussein's withdrawal. Undeterred by the rhetoric, the Iraqi dictator massed his forces along the Saudi Arabian border and dared the world to stop him.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good picture of Desert Storm unit action
- De Brent en 05-11-18
De: Mike Guardia
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Hue 1968
- A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- De: Mark Bowden
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,020
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By January 1968, despite an influx of half a million American troops, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which "the end begins to come into view". The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid-1967, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in a single stroke.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I KNEW This Book Would Sting Me . . . .
- De Rum Runner en 07-28-17
De: Mark Bowden
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Blackhorse Riders
- A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot
- De: Philip Keith
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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This is the incredible true story of a brave military unit in Vietnam that risked everything to rescue an outnumbered troop under heavy fire-and the 39-year odyssey to recognize their bravery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Battle Forgotten
- De Pamela Dale Foster en 06-11-14
De: Philip Keith
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If Chaos Reigns
- The Near-Disaster and Ultimate Triumph of the Allied Airborne Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944
- De: Flint Whitlock
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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So said Brigadier S. James Hill, commanding officer of the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, in an address to his troops shortly before the launching of Operation Overlord - the D-Day invasion of Normandy. No more prophetic words were ever spoken, for chaos indeed reigned on that day, and many more that followed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Allied Airborne in Normandy
- De Doc en 07-13-18
De: Flint Whitlock
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D-Day with the Screaming Eagles
- De: George Koskimaki
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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In the predawn darkness of D-Day, an elite fighting force struck the first blows against Hitler's Fortress Europe. Braving a hail of enemy gunfire and mortars, bold invaders from the sky descended into the hedgerow country and swarmed the meadows of Normandy. Some would live, some would die, but all would fight with the guts and determination that made them the most famous US Army division in World War II: the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles".
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very long and mostly boring for audiobook
- De R. Denton en 06-27-16
De: George Koskimaki
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Fire Base Illingworth
- An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds
- De: Philip Keith
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
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In the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to overrun FSB Illingworth. The battle went on, mostly in the dark, for hours. Exposed ammunition canisters were hit and blew up, causing a thunderous explosion inside the FSB that left dust so thick it jammed the hand-held weapons of the GIs. Much of the combat was hand-to-hand. In all, twenty-four Americans lost their lives and another fifty-four were wounded.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Most of Courageous Soldier's
- De Pamela Dale Foster en 09-08-14
De: Philip Keith
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Lions of Kandahar
- The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
- De: Major Rusty Bradley, Kevin Maurer
- Narrado por: Eric G. Dove
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,500
Southern Afghanistan was slipping away. That was clear to then-Captain Rusty Bradley as he began his third tour of duty there in 2006. The Taliban and their allies were infiltrating everywhere, poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its history. The battlefield was the Panjwayi Valley, a densely packed warren of walled compounds that doubled neatly as enemy bunkers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Merica!
- De NKeene en 03-07-15
De: Major Rusty Bradley, y otros
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Abandoned in Hell
- The Fight for Vietnam's Fire Base Kate
- De: William Albracht, Marvin Wolf
- Narrado por: Brian O'Neill
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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In October 1969, Captain William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments - some 6,000 men - crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
- De Effie en 04-12-16
De: William Albracht, y otros
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If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- De: George Wilson
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the best story of the war in Europe I've read
- De David en 02-18-17
De: George Wilson
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Shooter
- The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper
- De: Jack Coughlin, Casey Kuhlman, Donald A. Davis
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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Now Coughlin has written a highly personal story about his deadly craft, taking readers deep inside an invisible society that is off-limits to outsiders. This is not a heroic battlefield memoir but the careful study of an exceptional man who must keep his sanity while carrying forward one of the deadliest legacies in the U.S. military today.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great...if you want another book about Iraq.
- De james en 11-09-05
De: Jack Coughlin, y otros
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Red Platoon
- A True Story of American Valor
- De: Clinton Romesha
- Narrado por: Will Damron, Clinton Romesha
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,351
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,070
In 2009 Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the US military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after Keating's construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately: It was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read for Comfortable, Non-combatant Americans
- De Rum Runner en 11-21-18
De: Clinton Romesha
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre True Faith and Allegiance: An American Paratrooper and the 1972 Battle for An Loc
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- Charles
- 11-16-12
Vietnamise Battle of An Loc.
It was an interesting book and history but not as good as I had expected it to be. I would still recommend it if interested in Viet Nam War.
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- SUBY fan
- 08-27-19
Good nerative.
After reading The Battle of An Loc by James Willibanks, this author gives more details of one part of the battle from his experience in that battle.
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