Thirty Days Has September, the First Ten Days

De: James R. Strauss

Narrado por: Chuck Bartok

This novel is set in the very center of the time of most difficult combat experienced by a United States Marine Corps rifle company. A second lieutenant, only days from training back in the States, is ordered, under fire, to assume command of a company of cast-off marines, all out in the brutal, bloody jungle because of either the worst of luck or the most minor of offenses or infringement.

The outnumbered and little supported company is at constant war with vicious units of the North Vietnamese Army while at the same time tearing itself apart every night in deadly encounters between its racially mixed elements. The enlisted ranks lack all respect for their untested and inexperienced officers while the officers fight them right back using supporting fires on the enemy as well as their own warring factions. All the men are ruled by terror and fear of the end they know they are not likely to avoid.

They are not going home. They are not going to the rear area. And they are only to be kept moving through a valley of death called the A Shau, with only the manner of their passing in question. That same company so riven by internal strife, however, remains frightfully effective in fighting the enemy. This account of the reality of agonizingly brutal guerrilla combat is written from the perspective of the new lieutenant who sends his last will and testament home to his wife after only three days in combat.

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Refreshing story telling

I love the lack of pretext and the minute by minute story line. I’ve read hundreds of books about world conflict. Most are in the first person. I enjoy the direct perspective.
While this book is fiction, it does a better job of portraying the reality of little support, ridiculous expectation and shattering terror any individual feels arriving to a war zone of almost any others I’ve read. I highly recommend.

Wow.

Something about Vietnam and the trying times has always fascinated me always trying to understand more and more: it is unbelievable that some men experienced situations such as this. Fighting for ground that meant absolutely nothing. So some medal hog lt could gain his glory at the expense of others . No this man is a true leader who slowly earns respect by utilizing resources. And dealing with the cards he has been dealt. For hills and numbers we would die and I have no clue why still we took it to em for what it’s worth. Always good to thank a nam vet because they sure as hell did not have the support service members do these days .

Best Vietnam war story I've ever heard.

The best Vietnam war story I've ever heard. I highly recommend this book. Loved it