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Publisher's summary
As the sun sets on the hill, and the temperature plunges to 30 degrees below zero, Barber's men dig in for the night. At two in the morning they are awakened by the sound - bugles, whistles, cymbals, and drumbeats - of a massive assault by thousands of enemy infantry. The attack is just the first wave of four days and five nights of nearly continuous Chinese attempts to take Fox Hill, during which Barber's beleaguered company clings to the high ground and allows the First Marine Division to battle south. Amid the relentless violence, three-quarters of Fox Company's Marines are killed, wounded, or captured. Just when it looks like the outfit will be overrun, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Davis, a fearless Marine officer who is fighting south from Chosin, volunteers to lead a force of 500 men on a daring mission that cuts a hole in the Chinese lines and relieves the men of Fox Company.
The Last Stand of Fox Company is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the battle's survivors, and they narrate the story with the imm...
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"A paean worthy of one of the most extraordinary battles in Marine Corps history.... A magnificent book." (Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away)
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Joe Owen tells it like it was in this evocative story of a marine rifle company in the uncertain, early days of the Korean War. His powerful description of close combat in the snow-covered mountains of the Chosin Reservoir and of the survival spirit of his Marines provide a gritty real-life view of frontline warfare.As a lieutenant who was with them from first muster in California, Owen was in a unique position to see the hastily assembled mix of some 200 regulars and raw reservists harden into a superb Marine rifle company. The action and narrative move fast as the company learns to fight under enemy fire, eat frozen rations, and keep pushing forward when its wounded and dead go down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By Paul on 07-20-04
By: Joseph R. Owen
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Give Me Tomorrow
- The Korean War’s Greatest Untold Story - The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company
- By: Patrick K. O’Donnell
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,541
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,369
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,358
“If I were God, what would you want for Christmas?” With a thousand-yard stare, a haggard and bloodied marine looked incredulously at the war correspondent who asked him this question. In an answer that took “almost forever,” the marine responded, “Give me tomorrow." After nearly four months of continuous and bloody combat in Korea, such a wish seemed impossible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The boys of Summer Camp….Amazing!!
- By James on 05-18-11
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Nine Days in May
- The Battles of the 4th Infantry Division on the Cambodian Border, 1967
- By: Warren K. Wilkins
- Narrated by: Richard Peterson
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
Nine Days in May is the first full account of the bitterly contested battles fought between three American battalions and two North Vietnamese Army regiments. This prolonged, deadly encounter was one of the largest, most savage actions seen by elements of the storied 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Drawing on interviews with the participants, Warren K. Wilkins recreates the vicious fighting in gripping detail. This is a story of extraordinary courage and sacrifice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By David on 06-12-18
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The Greatest U.S. Marine Corps Stories Ever Told
- Unforgettable Stories of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice
- By: Iain Martin, Colonel Joseph H. Alexander - introduction
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
On Friday, November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress approved a resolution for the organization of the Corps, creating what would become the hallowed few, the proud - the Marines. Since then, the men and women of the United States Marine Corps have created the finest traditions of service and honor, and supplied a pantheon of heroes who have upheld them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marines Will Hate This Narrator.
- By Blaine E. Moyer on 04-18-17
By: Iain Martin, and others
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Brotherhood of Heroes
- The Marines at Peleliu, 1944
- By: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
A Band of Brothers for the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious, yet largely forgotten, battle of World War II. Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the scene for one of the most savage struggles of modern times, a true killing ground that has all but been forgotten, until now.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Flawed and Plodding
- By Blake on 09-02-09
By: Bill Sloan
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The Killing Zone
- My Life in the Vietnam War
- By: Frederick Downs
- Narrated by: Barry Press
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 860
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 779
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Story5 out of 5 stars 770
Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It dont mean nuthin.
- By Jack OBrien on 06-21-17
By: Frederick Downs
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On Desperate Ground
- The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,848
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,658
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,652
Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash in the Korean War relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances.
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1 out of 5 stars
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
- By Brent on 10-03-18
By: Hampton Sides
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Hill 488
- By: Ray Hildreth, Charles W. Sasser
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 928
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 864
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 864
On June 13, 1966, men of the 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division were stationed on Hill 488. Before the week was over, they would fight the battle that would make them the most highly decorated small unit in the entire history of the US military, winning a Congressional Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, 13 Silver Stars, and 18 Purple Hearts - some of them posthumously.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- By Jean on 05-21-15
By: Ray Hildreth, and others
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13 Cent Killers
- The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam
- By: John J. Culbertson
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
Author John J. Culbertson, a former Fifth Marine sniper himself, presents the riveting true stories of young Americans who fought with bolt rifles and bounties on their heads during the fiercest combat of the war, from 1967 through the desperate Tet battle for Hue in early '68.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Interesting
- By Evad on 01-13-10
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With the Old Breed
- At Peleliu and Okinawa
- By: E. B. Sledge
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,661
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,578
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,530
The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the second audio book of Sledge's work
- By Richard on 10-21-13
By: E. B. Sledge
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Dog Company
- The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc - the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe
- By: Patrick K. O’Donnell
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,021
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 927
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 924
It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can mean the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of 68 soldiers in the US Army's Second Ranger Battalion, Company D - "Dog Company" - who made that difference, time and again. America had many heroes in World War II; however, few can say that, but for them, the course of the war would have been very different. The right men, the right place, the right time - Dog Company.
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4 out of 5 stars
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On par with the best; Band of Brothers, etc
- By Addicted to Amazon on 04-30-14
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Blackhorse Riders
- A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot
- By: Philip Keith
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
This is the incredible true story of a brave military unit in Vietnam that risked everything to rescue an outnumbered troop under heavy fire-and the 39-year odyssey to recognize their bravery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Battle Forgotten
- By Pamela Dale Foster on 06-11-14
By: Philip Keith
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A Rumor of War
- By: Philip Caputo
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 934
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 766
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 769
When it first appeared, A Rumor of War brought home to American readers, with terrifying vividness and honesty, the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on the soldiers who fought there. And while it is a memoir of one young man's experiences and therefore deeply personal, it is also a book that speaks powerfully to today's students about the larger themes of human conscience, good and evil, and the desperate extremes men are forced to confront in any war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Reality of the U.S in the Vietnam War
- By Glenn on 09-10-12
By: Philip Caputo
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Baptism
- A Vietnam Memoir
- By: Larry Gwin
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 588
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 588
A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only 23 years old when he arrived in Vietnam in 1965. After a brief stint in the Delta, Gwin was reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in An Khe. There, in the hotly contested Central Highlands, he served almost nine months as executive officer for Alpha Company, 2/7, fighting against crack NVA troops in some of the war's most horrific battles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story of a front line grunt during Vietnam
- By richard fox on 05-04-16
By: Larry Gwin
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If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- By: George Wilson
- Narrated by: Brian Keeler
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 681
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 620
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 620
George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the best story of the war in Europe I've read
- By David on 02-18-17
By: George Wilson
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh
- The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
- By: Gregg Jones
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,313
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,171
The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- By Ronald F. Romancik on 04-26-14
By: Gregg Jones
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Outlaw Platoon
- Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- By: Sean Parnell, John Bruning
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,282
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,601
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,588
At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book...Everyone should listen to this book!!
- By Chris on 04-09-12
By: Sean Parnell, and others
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Marine Sniper
- 93 Confirmed Kills
- By: Charles Henderson
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,271
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,854
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,851
There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is his story. Powerful, chilling, and all true.
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5 out of 5 stars
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history at its best
- By sheridan on 03-27-08
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,273
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This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment - a unit known as the Black Heart Brigade. Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country's most dangerous location at its most dangerous time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sadness
- By Richard on 04-02-19
By: Jim Frederick
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I'm Staying with My Boys
- The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
- By: Jim Proser, Jerry Cutter
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 285
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Devil Dogs!
- By Skip Drake on 10-25-18
By: Jim Proser, and others
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Lightning Down
- A World War II Story of Survival
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 231
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Story5 out of 5 stars 229
On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book will make you understand how much ch our freedom costs
- By Linkr on 11-06-21
By: Tom Clavin
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The Frozen Chosen
- The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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The Frozen Chosen is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the First Marine Division from November to December 1950, following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War. Fought during the worst blizzard in a century, it is considered by the US Marine Corps to be the Corps' finest hour. Fourteen Medals of Honor, a record for any American battle, and 85 Navy Crosses attest to the intensity of the battle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating story, very bad narration
- By Mat J Monk on 03-31-17
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Ghosts of Baghdad
- Marine Corps Gunships on the Opening Days of the Iraq War
- By: USMC (Ret.) Colonel Eric Ferris Buer
- Narrated by: Kent Lutt
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Experience the sights, smells, and sounds of the Cobra, hanging on tight as you’re hurled into the chaos of night combat operations. Step through an otherwise closed door and explore the emotions, physical danger, and successes that would shape a generation of aviators.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, a little long. Narrator irritating.
- By A. Canavan on 11-18-23
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Throne of Grace
- A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West
- By: Tom Clavin, Bob Drury
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What strange beasts and natural formations can be found? Thus was the birth of Manifest Destiny and the resulting bloody battles with Indigenous tribes encountered by white explorers. Also in this volatile mix are the grizzled fur trappers and mountain men, waging war against the Native American tribes whose lands they traverse.
By: Tom Clavin, and others
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Brotherhood of Heroes
- The Marines at Peleliu, 1944
- By: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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A Band of Brothers for the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious, yet largely forgotten, battle of World War II. Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the scene for one of the most savage struggles of modern times, a true killing ground that has all but been forgotten, until now.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Flawed and Plodding
- By Blake on 09-02-09
By: Bill Sloan
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Blood and Treasure
- Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 554
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The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two best-selling authors at the height of their writing power - Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America’s "First Frontier" that places the listener at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Review
- By David S. on 07-04-21
By: Bob Drury, and others
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Wild Bill
- The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 489
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, Mo., - the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation that made him a marked man to every gunslinger the Wild West. The legend of Wild Bill has only grown since his death in 1876, when cowardly Jack McCall famously put a bullet through the back of his head during a card game. Best-selling author Tom Clavin has sifted through years of Western lore to bring Hickock fully to life in this rip-roaring, spellbinding true story.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Off-Task - Full of Filler - But Bill was Handsome!
- By Craig on 08-30-20
By: Tom Clavin
What listeners say about The Last Stand of Fox Company
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- Reading Reney
- 10-14-12
Contains lots of info I didn't already know!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Probably not, unless I knew for sure that they liked "hard-core" war stories - most of my friends don't. I thought the story would have been better if it were more cohesive. It was really broken up into small vignettes with inconsistent characters.
What did you like best about this story?
I really liked learning more about this war which occurred just shortly before I came into the world. It really was a precursor to "that other war" in Asia, but less often discussed. Our soldiers are brave and that alone makes the story worth-while.
Have you listened to any of Michael Prichard’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It moved me to know how extreme the weather conditions were and how brave our soldiers were to fight under these conditions.
Any additional comments?
If you like war stories - it's a good one!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- David
- 03-04-13
Gripping and interesting.
Would you consider the audio edition of The Last Stand of Fox Company to be better than the print version?
No
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Last Stand of Fox Company?
The marines having to stack their dead around the foxhole to use as barricades against snipers.
What about Michael Prichard’s performance did you like?
He did not intrude on the narrative. He did not attempt to use a range of different voices.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, it was.
Any additional comments?
The book is a gripping narative of a small unit and the experience of being cut off from from friendly lines, and at the same time having to fight at a place and under conditions so very hostile as to be deadly in themselves.
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- Bubba Joe
- 08-24-22
Great book
Narration was perfect - well written - the author opens the door for the audience to look back to a forgotten war. Outnumbered by Chinese troops, sub zero temps where firing pins freeze and sweat leads to frost bite. Our Marines never quit. Excellent read and I’d recommend it for any serious military history enthusiast
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- tweedo
- 04-24-18
Highly recommend
A real life report of an important battle of the Korean War! Semper Fi Marines!
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- M. Swope
- 08-06-18
Remarkable story
This story recounts, in detail, the defense of a small area of land during an overwhelming winter storm. The men involved didn't know who or what they were up against, but in the end, the weather was their worst enemy. Drury and Clavin recount many of the individual struggles encountered by the men involved, their up-close encounters with their adversaries and their camaraderie. It makes you wonder how anyone survived. Riveting story!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Rob
- 12-05-17
Amazing Marines
An amazing story about courage and strength through the worst conditions men can face. Well researched and written.
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- J.Brock
- 08-08-21
Nonstop Thriller
What befell Fox company in Korea almost defies believability. But it’s all true. Clavin and Drury are at their best here. Exceptional all around.
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- Nick griffin
- 01-25-22
A forgotten history
As a former 2/7 FOX Marine (2001-2003), I think this should be a required read for anyone in the 7th Marines. It is not a happy story, but I'm am sure they were not happy days. It is a store of hard men doing an impossible task.
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-02-22
Moving telling of a Marine story.
I love my little Marine brothers. These men, and their story remind me why my one great regret in life, was not earning the title Marine.
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- S. Oglesby
- 01-22-23
Want to better understand the Korean War?? Read THIS!
Wow…. Prior to reading this book, I had no knowledge of the American soldiers’ experience in the Korean War. After hear of The Last Stand of Fox Company, I feel a mix of emotions…. shocked, saddened, yet PROUD to know those Boys put up a good fight!?! Semper Fidelis!!!
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