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To: Tax-chick

I read it too, and loved it, until a VN combat veteran pointed out error after error after error.


11 posted on 06/24/2016 2:44:18 PM PDT by squarebarb ( Fairy tales are basically true.)
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To: squarebarb

My high school American history teacher was an infantry officer in Vietnam. He assigned the book to me. Maybe different veterans had different experiences and perspectives.


12 posted on 06/24/2016 2:56:52 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Estos sufrimientos pasaran, y la esperanza una salida marcara." ~ Abp. Romero)
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To: squarebarb

This is a good read: Forsaken Warriors: The Story of an American Advisor who Fought with the South Vietnamese Rangers and Airborne, 1970-71 Kindle Edition
by Robert Tonsetic


14 posted on 06/24/2016 3:45:44 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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