
Tiger Bravo's War
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Narrated by:
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David L. White
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By:
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Rick St. John
Tiger Bravo’s War follows a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the elite 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose’s World War II best seller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War - from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more. 30 of their number would be killed in action, and collectively they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought.
Lastly, it is a soldier’s tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo - the son of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins a Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had; and over a dozen more with their own unique stories.
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Great story, Terrific narration!
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Outstanding research.
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The narration was excellent. The variety of voices provided was great. Personally, I feel the very stoic, unemotional presentation highlighted the horrors of the war, especially one particular passage that describes a number of deaths in very graphic detail. It made it more real because it was not sensationalized and overly emotive.
That said, if you are overly emotional regarding death and the stark realism of war (for instance if you can't bear the opening scene of the movie Saving Private Ryan), this is probably not the book/audiobook for you.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Epic Historical Saga
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Performance: A fine performance by David White. A good steady voice with no distractions, except for when he tries to impersonate other people. I really wish all narrators would stop this practice. Unless you are a woman, do not try to impersonate one. Likewise if you are not from the Hill Country of Tennessee, please stop trying to sound like it. He has a fine voice and we can grasp from the context , or more usually, directly from the words spoken, who is speaking; just be yourself. Only highly trained character actors should be attempting multiple personas in one take. But those spots were few and far between and he does an admirable job.
Summary & Overall Score: His accounts give a very detailed and less often seen command perspective of a rifle company, but I still give it a C. The biggest reason for that rating is that there is a little too much "rah rah the Army made the best decisions it could at the time" which we clearly know to be false. I do appreciate that I am better able to understand the decisions, but there is no point in trying to justify some tactical blunders and complete strategic backfires that the Army and Washington made during this period.
This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review.
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