Death in the Jungle, Gary R. Smith
Death in the Jungle, Gary R. Smith
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Death in the Jungle
Diary of a Navy Seal

Author: Gary R. Smith, Alan Maki

Narrator: Eric Conger

Abridged: 1 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/06/2001

Synopsis

Read by Eric Conger
2 Cassettes/ 2 hrs.

With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous terrain of the Rung Sat Special Zone and Dung Island. The key to their success: go where no ordinary soldier would go and no VC would expect them.

Through death reigned as king in the jungles as king in the jungles of Vietnam, Gary Smith considered it a privelege and an honor to serve under the officers and with the men of Underwater Demolition Team 12 and SEAL Team 1. Because he and his teammates, trained to the max, gave each other the courage at attain the unattainable...

About The Author

Gary Smith served with UDT/SEAL teams for more than 15 years, engaging in 257 combat missions. He was awarded the Purple Heart, three Bronze Stars, and other honors.Alan Maki grew up in Belleville, Michigan, and was inducted in 2001 into Belleville High School's Distinguished Graduate Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Jefferson Award, sponsored by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for outstanding community service in Montana in 1988. Besides serving as the pastor of three Baptist churches, he broke a Guinness World Record for "balancing on one foot" for more than eight hours to raise funds for disabled children and children with cancer. He has written two Christian novels and three nonfiction books about Navy SEALs. Alan's first movie, Sidewalk Singer, which he wrote, produced, and starred in, was released on DVD in January 2014 by Vision Video. His second movie, which he wrote, produced, and starred in, was titled Mr. What and was distributed on DVD in January 2015 by Bridgestone Multimedia Group. Both movies received five Doves from the Dove Foundation.Eric Conger is the winner of a Golden Earphones Award and Publishers Weekly’s 2001 Listen Up Award for Chosen Prey. He can also be heard on the John Sandford audiobooks Storm Front, Mad River, and Shock Wave.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on November 03, 2024

A Diary of a Navy SEALs tour in Vietnam. Not at all like the usual narrative we get in these things. It was refreshing.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on April 17, 2024

A mission-by-mission breakdown of Smith's tour in Vietnam. An interested read in a format I have not seen before in a military biography or memoir. Not every mission is covered, just the ones that stuck in the author's memory. Each description is an insight into how operations were planned and execu......more

Goodreads review by DOUGLAS on September 13, 2019

Safe Return from NAM Unless you had been to NAM you will not receive the full power of what Mr. Smith is writing about. I thought the story brought you right on patrol with the platoon and right in line with the Seals. Great book!......more

Goodreads review by Ken on December 08, 2023

DIJ:DNS Interesting read but written in schoolboy manner. I remember being in the same mental frame many years ago. The story needs an editor with combat experience to build it into a factual but exciting story.......more

Goodreads review by Muhammad on September 25, 2024

I normally enjoy stories from the Navy SEALs in Vietnam, but this book was not on par with others. There was not much action as far as the actual war was concerned. The author seemed to emphasize detailing how much he drank in Vietnam just as much as he talked about how much he fought. Moreover, the......more

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