Lurps
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Lurps

A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri

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eBook - ePub

Lurps

A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri

About this book

Lurps is the revised edition of the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to chase his dream of military service. After volunteering for Vietnam, he joins the elite U.S. Army LRRP/Rangers-small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams that patrol deep in enemy-held territory. It is 1968, and the Lurps find themselves in some of the war's hairiest campaigns and battles, including Tet, Khe Sanh, and A Shau. Readers witness all the horrors, humor, adrenaline, and unexpected beauty through the eyes of a green young warrior. Gone are the heroic clichés and bravado as compelling narrative and realistic dialogue sweep the reader along with a powerful sense that this is actually happening.

This poignant coming-of-age story explores the social background that shaped the protagonist's thinking, his uncertain quest for redemption through increased responsibility, the brotherhood of comrades in arms, women and sexual awakening, and the baffling randomness of who lives and who dies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Maps
  8. 1. Childhood
  9. 2. Basic Combat Training
  10. 3. Advanced Individual Training
  11. 4. Airborne School
  12. 5. Rigger School
  13. 6. A Decision
  14. 7. Vietnam
  15. 8. First Cavalry Division
  16. 9. Transfer to LRRPs
  17. 10. LZ English
  18. 11. Move North
  19. 12. Tet
  20. 13. First Patrol
  21. 14. Learning the Ropes
  22. 15. Contact
  23. 16. Luck
  24. 17. Khe Sanh
  25. 18. A Shau
  26. 19. Recondo School
  27. 20. Hong Kong
  28. 21. Patrols as Team Leader
  29. 22. Patrolling On
  30. 23. Twenty-second and Last Patrol
  31. 24. Going Home
  32. In Memory
  33. Author’s Note
  34. Appendix A: Standing Orders, Rogers’ Rangers
  35. Appendix B: Ranger Creed
  36. Appendix C: American Casualties in Vietnam
  37. Glossary
  38. Bibliography
  39. Index