Dead Center

A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

De: Ed Kugler

Narrado por: Sean Pratt

Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts. To take advantage of that experience, he formed the Rogues, a five-sniper team that hunted in the Co Bi-Than Tan Valley. His descriptions of long, tense waits, sudden deadly action, and countersniper ambushes are fascinating. In Dead Center, Kugler demonstrates the importance to a sniper of patience, marksmanship, bush skills, and guts - while underscoring exactly what a country demands of its youth when it sends them to war.

©1999 Ed Kugler (P)2014 Tantor

Awesome!

It was an all around great book!!!!! Keeps you on your toes most of the time but overall keeps you wanting to hear more

Great book

Great book Kugler has made my first book on Vietnam one to remember and appreciate. A must read for anyone interested in the Vietnam war.

great listen! felt like I was is the bush

Very good listen! keep my attention and pulled me in. All real events and shows the stuggle of what a young sniper in Vietnam had to over come.

Great storytelling.

I didn’t know what to expect, because some of the stories are a hit and miss but the storyline and narration was very good, I finished this book very quickly.

raw. thought provoking.

Listened to this immediately after listening to Hammerhead 6. Great contrast. I would highly recommend both books and in that order.