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One of the best military history books the you haven't read.
« on: April 20, 2017, 10:54:30 AM »
https://www.amazon.com/Gone-Native-Alan-G-Cornett/dp/0804116377

Lurch the legend. He blew the legs off his CO with a hand grenade, on purpose. His best friend became a functional combat infantry heroine addict. He rode into combat on an elephant. He toured with the Us Army parachute team. He beat up hippies at the airport. A real life Colonel Kurtz. And a reminder of why the Us Army is better than all of the other branches. When Apocalypse Now was released people thought it was hollywood ridiculous, but truth is stranger than fiction.
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