This is one of the books I picked up during our HPB trips. It was cheap and little, and it covered a time I'm not familiar with.
There's not much to say. The title tells you what you get. Some of them are in the jungle, and others involve the rivers.
The thing about this book is that I'm a 100% a visual person. The first incident described in this book confused the heck out of me. It was all "Company A was over here while Company D went over there." There were even a fair number of maps included, and I'd say I struggled with about 50% of those.
I was under the impression the book would be a bit different. When it said it had eyewitness input, I thought it would be more personal. At times, the book would mention men's names, and many times it would reveal their fates. But other times it wouldn't.
There was a lot of pen-drawn art in here, and they were really done. It showed the weapons and aircraft that were part of the stories. I was able to follow some of the stories more than others. Those tended to be the ones with the more linear movements, but I was able to follow a couple of the others a bit as well.
Overall, this was a pretty good book, but it wasn't what I was expecting. I probably wouldn't have picked it up had I known what it was, because I normally like a more personal experience in my nonfiction books. I'm still going to give this a Good Book! review, because it was short enough it didn't hang around too long, and I did learn new things about Vietnam.
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