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Lurps - A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri (Paperback)
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Lurps - A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri (Paperback)
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Lurps is the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth
grade to pursue a dream of military service. While a paratrooper in
Europe, he volunteers for Vietnam where he joins the elite U.S.
Army LRRP / Rangers-small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance
teams that patrolled deep in enemy-held territory. Set in 1968,
during some of the war's major campaigns and battles including Tet,
Khe Sanh, and A Shau Valley, Lurps considers war through the eyes
of a green young warrior. The compelling narrative and realistic
dialogue engrosses the reader in both the horror and the humor of
life in Vietnam and reflects upon the broader philosophical issue
of war. This poignant, auto-biographical, coming-of-age story
explores the social background that shaped the protagonist's
thinking; his quest for redemption through increased
responsibility; the brotherhood of comrades in arms; women and his
sexual awakening; and the mysterious, baffling randomness of who
lives and who dies.
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