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Tempting the Devil
Sgt. Johnny Johnson has just volunteered for MACVSOG and is in for the ride of his life when he joins an RT (Recon Team). This rodeo involves conducting covert reconnaissance missions across the border into Laos during the Vietnam War. They are not only extremely risky and unusually dangerous, but also totally illegal. Despite that, the US government requires them to win the war. The missions are so hazardous, they are just short of suicide, so RT members get shot to pieces or killed regularly just attempting them. Casualty rates proved it, often exceeding seventy-five percent monthly. If you survived a tour in SOG and only got wounded, you considered yourself lucky. Most didn't and went home in a body bag. That is, if their body was recovered. If it wasn't they were listed as MIA which meant no flag, no casket, and no funeral. Welcome to the world of covert Special Operations in the Vietnam War.
522 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 14, 2019
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September 8, 2019
Not the best book written on the subject
Filled with rambling, repetitive passages to seemingly just fill pages. The nomenclature was lacking regarding weapons and ammo, also on the H-34 Long Bee helicopter. It doesn't have exit doors on both sides like a UH-1. The whole scenario of RT life in camp was off too, the indigo did not live in the same hooch as the GIs, they had their own camp with their families. Basically one gets the impression the author has had little personal experience on which to base this book and that hurts the overall theme. Will not look for future books by this author. Seems to be written by a REMF.
Filled with rambling, repetitive passages to seemingly just fill pages. The nomenclature was lacking regarding weapons and ammo, also on the H-34 Long Bee helicopter. It doesn't have exit doors on both sides like a UH-1. The whole scenario of RT life in camp was off too, the indigo did not live in the same hooch as the GIs, they had their own camp with their families. Basically one gets the impression the author has had little personal experience on which to base this book and that hurts the overall theme. Will not look for future books by this author. Seems to be written by a REMF.
November 17, 2020
Fiction that gets close
The author needed a editor for this. If the editor did their job I would of given it 5/5.
The story was told of various lessons learned by MACV-SOG through a fictional team during the run up to TET.
The author needed a editor for this. If the editor did their job I would of given it 5/5.
The story was told of various lessons learned by MACV-SOG through a fictional team during the run up to TET.
March 25, 2023
Tempting the Devil Book 1
Fictional though it may be I found a lot of truth to it, especially the teams going over the fence and the ones who did get back, and I pray for the souls of those who didn’t ! Well written.
Fictional though it may be I found a lot of truth to it, especially the teams going over the fence and the ones who did get back, and I pray for the souls of those who didn’t ! Well written.
July 31, 2020
Good read
A Good book about great solders. It was an honest telling of how they built a diverse team and bonded
A Good book about great solders. It was an honest telling of how they built a diverse team and bonded
November 28, 2022
Good book
Well written with good characters would recommend to readers that are interested in this time period of the vietnam war
Well written with good characters would recommend to readers that are interested in this time period of the vietnam war
February 6, 2024
A great read!
The book was hard to put away each evening. It was very well written and each story flowed very well.
The book was hard to put away each evening. It was very well written and each story flowed very well.
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