SEAL Warrior The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
by Keith, Thomas H.; Riebling, J. Terry; Thornton, Michael E.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-07-06
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary
With the depth and honesty of "Steel My Soldiers' Hearts, SEAL Warrior" sheds light on the operations of the SEAL teams in Vietnam, and how the SEALs laid the foundation for modern guerilla warfare in use today.
Author Biography
THOMAS H. KEITH retired as a Command Master Chief with 31 years service in the U.S. Navy, twenty nine years with the Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams and Seal Team Two. During his three tours of duty in the Republic of Vietnam with Seal Team Two, he received two Purple Hearts, three Bronze Stars with combat V for valor, two Navy Commendation medals with combat V for valor, one Navy Achievement metal with combat V for valor, two Presidential Unit Citations and two Navy Unit Citations among his many awards. He devoted 29 years of service to Naval Special Warfare and is still involved in active special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as a civilian contractor.
J. TERRY RIEBLING has been a shooter and hunter for over forty years and a competitive shooter for over twenty years. He is the winner of the Erskine Caldwell Award in Short Fiction and the author of "Sniper's Eyes." His articles have appeared in numerous firearms and hunting publications.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Author's Note | p. xxi |
| The Fourth of July | p. 1 |
| Thank You | p. 5 |
| Blood, Sweat, and Sand | p. 12 |
| Gearing Up | p. 26 |
| First Op | p. 37 |
| First Blood | p. 41 |
| Tools of the Trade | p. 54 |
| The Death Tax | p. 70 |
| Good Ops, Bad Ops, and Grand Theft Auto | p. 80 |
| Reason to Celebrate | p. 90 |
| Fishy Intel | p. 100 |
| First Tour-Last Dance | p. 112 |
| Good Night, Saigon | p. 123 |
| The Rung Sat Secret Zone | p. 134 |
| First Contact-Second Tour | p. 141 |
| Dead Men Walking | p. 153 |
| Australian Bliss | p. 163 |
| Back to the Bush | p. 172 |
| A Little Walk in the Bush | p. 181 |
| First Command | p. 190 |
| Last Dance-Second Tour, 1969 | p. 199 |
| Grapes of Wrath | p. 208 |
| Welcome to the Neighborhood | p. 219 |
| Looking for Trouble | p. 227 |
| Down Under Op | p. 239 |
| Dickey's Revenge | p. 249 |
| Fair Winds and Following Seas | p. 260 |
| Glossary | p. 269 |
| Index | p. 285 |
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