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Covert Warrior: A Vietnam Memoir
Presents the secret story of the FRAM 16, CIA created and trained teams of elite fighters and combat patrols that operated in the forbidden areas of North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and mainland China. Reprint.
- GenresWarMilitary Fiction
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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August 9, 2026
I plan to turn this book into compost.
If the author wanted to write a novel this might have been a mediocre result. But he claims it’s a memoir.
Fact checking exposes it for what it is and what it isn’t.
On to something more informative, useful or entertaining, like Go, Dog. Go!
If the author wanted to write a novel this might have been a mediocre result. But he claims it’s a memoir.
Fact checking exposes it for what it is and what it isn’t.
On to something more informative, useful or entertaining, like Go, Dog. Go!
March 3, 2022
Liked it when I read it a loooong time ago.
August 18, 2010
The kind of story that can't be made up. Nobody's imagination is this vivid. If this guy weren't on my team, he might give me nightmares.
Worth reading, to find out what is possible by somebody with a "can do, will do" attitude.
After reading the book I found a write up about it from a former Navy Seal which says that the bulk of the book is fiction and he goes into detail about flaws or mistakes in the book.
Personally, I don't care! I served and know that time and distance has a strange way of distorting facts and commingling personal truths with other truths that you become aware of.
It remains a good read for no other reason then to vent the survivor's guilt that sneaks into life as PTSD and remains for a lifetime. This becomes apparent at page 229 when the author forgives himself with the sentence of, "I should not feel ashamed that I survived, but the thought persists to a degree in my brain even to this day."
Reality or not, this war is best left to the pages of obscure books like this. Success and/or guilt should be left to the historians of the future, to judge.
Worth reading, to find out what is possible by somebody with a "can do, will do" attitude.
After reading the book I found a write up about it from a former Navy Seal which says that the bulk of the book is fiction and he goes into detail about flaws or mistakes in the book.
Personally, I don't care! I served and know that time and distance has a strange way of distorting facts and commingling personal truths with other truths that you become aware of.
It remains a good read for no other reason then to vent the survivor's guilt that sneaks into life as PTSD and remains for a lifetime. This becomes apparent at page 229 when the author forgives himself with the sentence of, "I should not feel ashamed that I survived, but the thought persists to a degree in my brain even to this day."
Reality or not, this war is best left to the pages of obscure books like this. Success and/or guilt should be left to the historians of the future, to judge.
June 18, 2017
I hated this book. It is the biggest pile of stinking horseshit I have ever had the misfortune to read, and if we were allowed to give negative star scores, this book would richly deserve the lowest score possible. Unfortunately, I did not remember to look up the title in Burkett & Whitley's 'Stolen Valor' before I read it, but I ended up not needing to do so- the stories in this book are so obviously lies that I would have had grave doubts about the author's veracity even as a child. CAVEAT EMPTOR!
August 15, 2023
My teacher gave it to me. Then I learned it was a fraud. DNF.
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