First Recon-Second to None

by Paul R. Young

Book Overview

Whether they were beating through razor-sharp elephant grass or spending all night soaked and shivering in the monsoon, walking into an ambush or getting caught in a hot LZ, sudden death for the First... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804110093
• ISBN13: 9780804110099
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

great read, riveting

Even though I was not in the Vietnam War, I could not put this book down. Talking to others that were in the War, I found that this story was true for those who fought. Thanks to Paul Young I learned what it was like to be a marine fighting in the jungle.

rayjoy@ipa.net

Outstanding Book. I thought that Paul did a very good job of telling it like it was.I lost quite a bit of sleep while reading this book. Could not put it down.

been there, done that

I served with 1st force in vietnam in 67-68. Reading this book brought back alot of memories. Some good and some bad. The facts and stories were real and very much to the point. Great book.

Excellent book that tells what Marine Recon REALLY is

I thought that this book was great in describing what Marine Recon really is which is quietly moving miles through rough terrain and then sitting around, trying to stay undetected, calling in air and artillery strikes on the enemy, and gathering information on the enemy to support the infantry. Also, Young really expressed what it was like to expierence war with the seperation from family, being fired upon with small arms fire and artillery and the loss of good friends.

A tense,terrific story that fairly leaps off the page

Paul R Young really tells it like it happen I should know, I was a member of first recon One of Benoit's boys. As a former member of first Recon this book his been a terriffic way for us from Duckbill to tell our story.