Comanche Six

by James Estep

A young company commander tells what it was like to inherit an air mobile rifle company of under-achieving infantry soldiers and mold it into a successful fighting outfit in the rice paddies of enemy territory. Reprint.

Genres: Military Fiction, History, War, Nonfiction, Memoir

281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published July 4, 1992

Reviews

[Brett C · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very real and personal account of a young Company Commander in the Air Cav, airmobile "Death From Above" during the Vietnam War. As the author tells his story, he explains things along with way, kind of like the way Charlie Sheen did in the movie 'Platoon'.

The author comes across as real and even cynical at times:
"We had been told that the US Air Force had considered the Arclight mission to be 'demoralizing to an enemy force caught within its periphery.' This had to be the understatement of the year.", pg 94

James L. Estep joined the US Army in 1957 as a private. He served 32 years and retired at the rank of full Colonel. He served as a Special Forces (Green Beret) Non-commissioned officer, a rifle company commander, and an adviser. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys first-person accounts of military service. Thanks!

[Jim Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best on Vietnam

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