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White Water Red Hot Lead - On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam (Hardcover)
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White Water Red Hot Lead - On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam (Hardcover)
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During the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift
Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating. The
boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the
average age of the crew being twenty-four. Their days consisted of
deadly combat, intense lightning firefights, storms and many hidden
dangers. This action-packed story of combat written by Dan Daly, a
Vietnam combat veteran who was the Officer in Charge of PCF 76
makes you part of the Swift Boat crew. The six man crew of PCF 76
were volunteers from all over the United States, eager to serve
their country in a highly unique type of duty not seen since the PT
boats of WWII. This inexperienced and disparate group of men would
meld into a combat team - a team that formed an unbreakable,
lifelong bond. After training they were plunged into a 12 month
tour of duty. Combat took place in the closest confines imaginable,
where the enemy were hidden behind a passing sand dune or a single
sniper could be concealed in an onshore bunker, mines might be
submerged at every fork in the river. The enemy was all around you,
hiding, waiting, while your fifty-foot Swift Boat works its way
upriver. In many cases the rivers became so narrow there was barely
room to maneuver or turn around. The only way out might be into a
deadly ambush. Humor and a touch of romance relieve the tension in
this thrilling ride with America's finest.
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