Reluctant Warrior
A Marine's True Story of Duty and Heroism in Vietnam
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4.4 • 126 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"ONE OF THE BEST VIETNAM WAR STORIES I'VE EVER READ, one damn good, compelling read. It's almost something out of a Clancy novel, yet it's true. The best thing I can say about it is I didn't want it to end."
--Col. David Hackworth, New York Times bestselling author of About Face
By the spring of 1970, American troops were ordered to pull out of Vietnam. The Marines of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel "Wild Bill" Drumright, were assigned to cover the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division. The Marines of 1st RECON Bn operated in teams of six or seven men. Heavily armed, the teams fought a multitude of bitter engagements with a numerically superior and increasingly aggressive enemy.
Michael C. Hodgins served in Company C, 1st RECON Bn (Rein), as a platoon leader. In powerful, graphic prose, he chronicles his experience as a patrol leader in myriad combat situations--from hasty ambush to emergency extraction to prisoner snatch to combined-arms ambush. . . .
"THIS MEMOIR IS GRIPPING."
--American Way
Customer Reviews
Missed a great Story
Far too self-congratulatory
Unbelievably Riveting
I could hardly put it down. After reading I felt like I had been on patrols seeking out the NVA and I am too young to have served in Vietnam. Made me appreciate more what those brave men had to go through. Well done!
Excellent story with outstanding ending!
This Lieutenant could read his soldiers and superiors well. He was a master at getting the job done without berating his men. He was among the best soldiers I have the good fortune to read about.