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Death in the A Shau Valley
- L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-1970
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Featuring a new introduction by the author about his return to Vietnam, his reflections on the war, and his humanitarian work in Cambodia.
"The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates."
Larry Chambers was still new to Vietnam in early 1969 when the LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division became L Company, 75th (Rangers). But his unit's mission stayed the same: act as the eyes and ears of the 101st deep in the dreaded A Shau Valley - where the NVA ruled.
Relentless thick fog frequently made fighter bombers useless in the A Shau, and the enemy had furnished the nearby mountaintops with antiaircraft machine guns to protect the massive trail network that snaked through it. So, outgunned, outmanned, and unsupported, the teams of L Company executed hundreds of courageous missions. Now, in this powerful personal record, Larry Chambers recaptures the experience of the war's most brutal on-the-job training, where the slightest noise or smallest error could bring sudden - and certain-death...
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- Anonymous User
- 17-02-2024
Decent Story but didn't seem like he was present for half of the things talked about
Listen to Taking Fire and To The Limit if you are after a better story of the Vietnam war.
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