Outside the Wire: Riding with the "Triple Deuce" in Vietnam, 1970
"A wonderfully written book that takes the reader to a strange time and place." --Eric M. Bergerud, author of Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning
Thoughtful, action-packed memoir of one American soldier's combat tour in Vietnam in 1970
Begins with a tense ambush patrol and doesn't let up through a year of hair-raising night watches, soggy humps through the jungle, and deadly encounters with the North Vietnamese
Author served as a rifleman--as well as a machine gunner, tunnel rat, and demolitions man--with the U.S. Army's 25th "Tropic Lightning" Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division
Notable events include the Cambodian incursion
TitleOutside the Wire: Riding with the "Triple Deuce" in Vietnam, 1970