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Title: Very Crazy, G.I.! : Strange but True Stories of the Vietnam War by Kregg P. Jorgenson ISBN: 0-8041-1598-2 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Mixed Feelings
Comment: I have to admit, some of the stuff captured in this book is hilarious and unbelievable which is something rarely found in this genre. But the book did have some major short comings in my eyes; one, the writing was brutal and didn't flow well. I am not asking authors to be gradeliquent in any way. But I got the feeling sophisticated words were avoided which added to the choppiness. The book heavily concetrated on the humor of war, how these guys were jaded and subsquently did crazy things. The field operations were not well described and in some cases not described at all.
Very Crazy, GI is not a book for everyone. If your looking for a serious battled ladend book then this is not it. If your tired of reading books that included too much death and destruction then I'd turn you to this novel. It paints the brighter side of war and is somewhat refreshing and would have been a lot better if more effort had been put into the text.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very funny book about the vietnam war
Comment: Admittedly, some of the stories contained in "Very Crazy G.I." are strange, some even incredible. But the whole collection of short stories almost oozes red dust and dense jungle. Sometimes touching on LRRP and Special Forces themes, at other times delving into pure myth. Make no mistake: This book is hysterically funny, from a military advisor teams field trip with reluctant ARVN troops, to the story about an R&R trip to Thailand. Spanning most of the war and a wide variety of themes, it's a smashing read! As diverse in origin as the subtitle: Beaucoup dien cai dau.
Rating: 5
Summary: Kregg does it again
Comment: I think that this a very god book, a series of short stories about the vietnam war, one or two off them are perhaps " non-confirme-able", but who cares, just as long as it is a good storie.
I wery much enjoyed the R-R storie to Thailand; revenge is to be enjoyed cold.
Also the story about marine SGT Henderson, that died and diden't
send chills up and down my spine.
Kregg has a way with frases and words, especialy his funny and self-ironic way of decribing himself and his conversion with all those who contributed stories to his book, he is very much the
Wiseguy he always describes himself as.
I can highly recommend this book to anyone.
Keep up the good work !!
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Title: Gone Native : An NCO's Story by ALAN CORNETT ISBN: 0804116377 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Ghosts of the Highlands by Kregg P. Jorgenson ISBN: 0804115974 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Acceptable Loss by Kregg P. Jorgenson ISBN: 0804107920 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 23 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John L. Plaster ISBN: 0451195086 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: 15 Months In Sog: A Warrior's Tour by Thom Nicholson ISBN: 0804118728 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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