Lurps, a ranger's diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri, Robert C. Ankony
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Lurps, a ranger's diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri, Robert C. Ankony
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Lurps
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Robert C. Ankony
Sub title
a ranger's diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri
Summary
Lurps is the revised edition of the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to chase his dream of military service. After volunteering for Vietnam, he joins the elite U.S. Army LRRP/Rangers-small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams that patrol deep in enemy-held territory. It is 1968, and the Lurps find themselves in some of the war's hairiest campaigns and battles, including Tet, Khe Sanh, and A Shau. Readers witness all the horrors, humor, adrenaline, and unexpected beauty through the eyes of a green young warrior. Gone are the heroic clichZs and bravado as compelling narrative and realistic dialogue sweep the reader along with a powerful sense that this is actually happening. This poignant coming-of-age story explores the social background that shaped the protagonist's thinking, his uncertain quest for redemption through increased responsibility, the brotherhood of comrades in arms, women and sexual awakening, and the baffling randomness of who lives and who dies
Target audience
adult
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