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We Few
- US Special Forces in Vietnam
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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We Few
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Publisher's Summary
A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls "an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity", undertook some of the most dangerous and suicidal reconnaissance missions ever in the enemy-controlled territory of Cambodia and Laos.
But they didn't infiltrate the jungles alone. They fought alongside the Montagnards - oppressed minorities from the mountain highlands, trained by the US military in guerrilla tactics, armed, accustomed to the wild, and fully engaged in a war against the North Vietnamese.
Together, this small unit formed the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam, racking up medals for valor - but at a terrible cost.
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- jacob n.
- 18-07-2023
I’m glad I wasn’t there. But I wish I were
This book was fantastic. It was fun and terrifying to listen too. The antics the sog guys get up to are second to none
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- Dave
- 25-07-2022
Another legend of SOG!
Amazing book, These men worked hard and played harder! They sure went out of their way to make some of those Rear Echelon MF’s and Majors lives hell. Love it!!
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- Darren Heinrich
- 03-01-2023
Hair-raising and entertaining. Great book overall
There is a lot of interesting detail about life as recon/special forces in Vietnam. Some of the battle descriptions are vivid and suspenseful. The author loves to use analogy (sometimes a little too much) and his descriptions of people/places/events can be a little over-wrought at times, but I came to enjoy his style. I would definitely recommend this book. I was confused and disappointed by the abrupt end - don't expect a conclusion or post-script.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-01-2023
Great book
Although this book is based on Vietnam war experience, I found myself laughing out loud on some of the comments/situations in the the book..
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-04-2021
Best Vietnam war book
Highly recommend We Few and Whispers in the tall grass. Hard to beat in terms of action humour and tragedy.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-12-2021
heart wrenching and funny amazing
magnificent book, a true insight to special forces and the working of there mind in coping with what they do daily
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- Mr. Matthew D. Jackson
- 12-02-2023
excellent memoire
a well written and well told memoire of RT Habu and a SOG soldier in the complex Vietnam conflict .
told from the perspective of an on the ground operator and very realistic describing of their camaraderie and hi- jinks
recommend this audible book
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- James007
- 09-07-2023
A gritty, comedic and brilliant retelling 👍🏻👍🏻
Are the SF ‘Recon’ teams not the toughest, and more obviously… crazy SOB’s ever??
Yes they are. Listen to this Audiobook and find out why.
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- James
- 04-11-2020
A great story with no conscience
I really enjoyed this story of men surviving awful situations thru childish ribbing of each-other and you feel as if you are there in the jungle! Every mission is intense, pointless and has no outcome but the killing of a few enemy, then to fly away in their helicopters. You feel for these young men put in a situation of intense stress and can only pity them when they hit civilian street and wonder how they could process normal life? It was disappointing that the writer does not examine his soul, intellect, purpose or if it's ok to kill all these people? Despite this a great listen.
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- Mick Rose
- 24-03-2020
One of the Special Forces books
This book is great I loved the stories especially Nicks Humour thru out the book. This is one of the best SF books going around at the moment.
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