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Title: Baptism : A Vietnam Memoir by Larry Gwin ISBN: 0-8041-1922-8 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: AMONG THE WALKING WOUNDED
Comment: One of the few narratives to come out of Vietnam that digs deep under the camouflage of a sensitive yet tough infantry officer.AUTHOR Larry GWIN took over thirty years to reveal this wonderful memoir,and readers will surely feel the wait was worth it. BAPTISM is not merely an I-was-there war story,even though it blasts its way through some of the bloodiest encounters of the war. Rather,this book is the haunting story of a man who was proud to answer his country's call to arms,urged on by family history and the single mindedness of Yale ROTC training (ranger,airborne all the way).To such an idealist,the mud-and-blood sacrifice and idiotic blundering inherent in war was almost certain to offer a very painful baptism indeed.Whether he is describing the anguish of seeing comrades blown to bits by friendly fire or an act of cruelty imposed on a boom-boom girl,the author's eye is merciless and all revealing.Gwin deals with the twilight of war,bringing those of us who were grunts back to the alien landscape we struggled against but did not understand.His book is lyrical at times,all about the death of valor and the angry rebirth of an American fighting man,"doomed from here to eternity". VETERANS will recognize the honesty of this book,while civilians,especially women,will better understand the flak jacket that conceals every combat soldier's heart. A MAGNIFICENT book. It should be enjoyed along with Joseph Galloway's and Hal Moore's WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE AND YOUNG,a best seller that provides a big picture of the FIRST CAV in combat, and covers some of the battles and firefights so poignantly described by LARRY GWIN.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Memoir of a Year in Vietnam
Comment: After reading the first chapter of Larry Gwin's book, I was hooked. This memoir, a story of a naive 1st lieutenant who is sent to Vietnam, survives a nearly disastrous battle, then is horrified by the reality of war and death and suffering, is well-written and spellbinding. He writes openly and honestly about himself, warts and all, as well as his fellow officers (the good, the bad, and the cowardly) and the "grunts" in his platoon. Many of the NCOs and enlisted men who go into battle with lieutenant Gwin prove to be brave in the face of death and loyal to their buddies who are either wounded or dying..."No one is left behind." I felt as though I was there with lieutenant Gwin as he and his men are airlifted into a hot LZ, praying to come out alive and in one piece. While this is a story about the horror of war, there are quite a few light moments which are humorous. All in all, this book is a real page-turner. Perfect for a rainy afternoon's read in a comfortable chair.
Rating: 3
Summary: Arc Light
Comment: "Arc Light" is a better read about the Vietnam War.
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Title: Rites of Passage : Odyssey of a Grunt by Robert Peterson ISBN: 0345446941 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War by Frederick Downs ISBN: 0393310892 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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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: We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway ISBN: 0679411585 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 20 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Overlord by Max Hastings ISBN: 0671554352 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 23 May, 1985 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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