Hamburger Hill

by William Pelfrey, Ronald Vlek (translator)

Besmeurd met modder en bloed, op een slagveld bezaaid met de verminkte lijken van hun kameraden, bleven de soldaten van de 3e sectie, Bravo Compagnie aanvallen. Keer op keer. Tien dagen lang. De ene zinloze bestorming na de andere.
Het genadeloze spervuur van de Noordvietnamese vijand richtte een ware slachting aan onder de ondervaren, maar heldhaftige Amerikaanse manschappen. Ze waren bereid om te sterven voor heuvel 937, omgedoopt to Hamburger Hill, hun grafheuvel.

Genres: History, War, Military Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[rick incremona · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this just as much as I love the movie. Nice read, perfect adaptation with a little more background. It really made a lot of the characters feel more human and relatable and cleared up something for me about Doc.

[Peter Nielsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good story of an infantry squad in Viet Nam.

[Grada (BoekenTrol) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book because we were talking about the Vietnam war in our history class. Despite it is fiction / movie based, I read it to get an idea about what it might have been like out there, in the war.
I remember I liked it very much, but since it is a long time ago, I will read it again to review properly.

[Beauregard Shagnasty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well done. You can tell a veteran wrote this. It smacks of authenticity.

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gritty and realistic look at what the men who fought during the Vietnam War went through. Heartbreaking and intense.