Whattaya Mean I Can't Kill 'Em?

by Rad Miller Jr.

"We will be in enemy territory, we will be alone,
and we will be a long way from help."

A tour in Vietnam as a Frog--a member of the navy's Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)--wasn't challenging enough for Rad Miller. So he spent most of 1968 learning to be a SEAL, completing what is arguably the toughest warrior training in the world. By early 1969, he was back in Vietnam, ready to go deep behind enemy lines with a squad of only seven men.

In his unvarnished and brutally candid account, Miller shares the raw, bloody, and courageous daily life of SEALs in Vietnam. Here are unbelievable moments in six months of missions--without a single SEAL KIA--during which his platoon ran ninety-four ops, killed forty-three of the enemy, and captured thirty-one. Stealing into hostile villages, gathering intelligence, killing or kidnapping VC officials, and surviving a tropical hell of mud, heat, leeches, and constant, life-threatening peril, Miller and his teammates undeniably earned their pay. . . .

Genres: War, Military Fiction, Nonfiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 31, 1998

Reviews

[Simon Broenner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent mix of dark, self-deprecating humor and an amazing story about a small sliver of the war.

[Jeff Bodell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very memorable experience reading this. It doesn't come off as an egotistical memoir, but rather very insightful.

[Sherri Bryant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Average read; lots of detail of one Seal's experience in Vietnam.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find Vietnam military history incredibly fascinating, especially when told from actual combatants. This vet's memoir, like many others, is incredibly moving while depicting how one feels during the thick and haze of combat. Whenever I dive into one of these books i can't help but think of what I would do in their situations.

[Seth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gung ho Navy SEAL memoir of Vietnam, details SEAL training and time incountry. Pretty good and a page turner, but too "get some" to take really seriously.