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- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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War Stories of the Green Berets
About this book
The US Army Special Forces, more familiarly known as the Green Berets, are the elite fighting force of the United States military. Their experiences in covert operations and unconventional warfare have been a part of American military action for decades Author Hans Halberstadt has collected first-hand recollections of dozens of Green Berets, past and present, who spent time on the battlefields of Viet Nam, Grenada, Panama, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Their harrowing stories are told here, providing rare insight into the world of the Green Beret.- Elite forces created in the 1960s and now the models for warfare in the 21st century- Fully updated to include the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan- First hand accounts- Updated: Now includes post-Vietnam War Stories as well as stories from the Gulf Wars and Afghanistan- Expanded: This new Zenith Press edition is almost 100 pages longer than the originalThe original hardcover, titled "War Stories of the Green Berets: The Viet Nam Experience" (ISBN 0-87938-955-9), was first published in 1994.About the AuthorHans Halberstadt studied documentary film in college and later took up writing. He has authored or co-authored more than fifty books, most on military subjects, especially U.S. special operations forces, armor, and artillery. Halberstadt served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam. He and his wife, April, live in San Jose, California.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Snakes, Snatch, and Magnet Ass
- Becoming a Green Beret
- Green Berets Gone Wild
- Special Forces Medics
- Party Time With Martha Raye
- John Wayne and Rambo
- The Boy Captain
- Montagnards
- Slogging Through Dong Xoai
- Green Beret Weapons
- Extracting Water Buffalo
- Special Forces: A Short History
- The Legend of the Green Beret
- Dumb Stunts
- The Late, Great Walt Shumate
- Montagnard Mutiny
- Men, Wussies, and Bummers
- Riding the Shit-Can Express to the Hanoi Hilton
- Happy New Year, Special Forces Style
- LBJ
- The Special Forces A-Team
- Hood, Riding, Red, Little
- Christmas With the Cong
- Pigeons and Tigers
- Medals
- Style Points
- Martha Raye—Green Beret
- “Aloha,” and More Fun with Martha Raye
- The Agency
- More Walt Shumate, Even More Martha Raye
- Shell-Shock
- The Airborne Mystique
- Brimfrost 1989
- The Green Beret Cooking Academy
- Afghani T And A
- The Battle of Debecka Pass
- Afterword: Iraq and the Hunt for Wmds
- Index
- Copyright Page