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Bezig met laden... Thirty Days Has September,: The Second Ten Days (Volume 2)door James Strauss
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Thirty Days Has September is set in the very center of the time of most difficult combat experienced by a United States Marine Corps rifle company. During this Second Ten Days the Second Lieutenant, 'Junior', only 14 days from training back in the states, is ordered, under fire, to assume command of a company of cast off Marines, all out in the brutal bloody jungle because of the either the worst of luck or the most minor of offenses or infringement. The outnumbered and little supported company is at constant war with vicious units of the North Vietnamese Army while at the same time tearing itself apart every night in deadly encounters between its racially mixed elements. The enlisted ranks lack all respect for their untested and inexperienced officers, while the officers fight them right back using supporting fires on the enemy as well as their own warring factions. All the men are ruled by terror and fear of the end they know they are not likely to avoid. They are not going home. They are not going to the rear area. And they are only to be kept moving through a valley of death called the A Shau, with only the manner of their passing in question. That same company so riven by internal strife, however, remains frightfully effective in fighting the enemy. This account of the reality of agonizingly brutal guerrilla combat is written from the perspective of the new lieutenant who sends his last will and testament home to his wife after only three days in combat. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Junior and his men find themselves facing an NVA tank without a weapon to kill it. Survival required thinking outside of the box and a heroic feat by one of their fellow soldiers. The enemy is unseen and most of the story finds the company on one side or the other of a raging river without artillery support. Soldiers are dying and left where they fell until they are able to recover them later in the week. Junior takes it upon himself to walk point and take daring chances during this game of cat and mouse. His men are also beginning to believe he is invincible and fashion talismen of him for their own protection.
Junior continues to get the blame for the deaths of those around him, blamed for his mission's failure, and threatened with possible Courts-Martial when returning to the rear area. Other officers arrive to take over the company but their bull-headed attitudes also result in their own deaths and many of their own men. Junior soon ends up being the only surviving officer of two rifle companies and goes about doing everything possible to keep them all safe. The book ends in a cliff-hanger leaving readers hungry to find out what happens next.
There were some areas in the book that seemed to drag on a bit and typos popped up occasionally. However, Mr. Strauss does an excellent job of bringing readers into his world of misery, fear, and hope. I'm looking forward to his third installment in the near future. (