Eyes of the Eagle
F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968

When my brother Scott came home on leave once, he brought a copy of "Eyes Behind the Lines" by Gary Linderer and told me it was a good, realistic idea of what life in the military could be like. I devoured that book (I must have been 14 or 15), unaware that it was the second in a series. I bought my......more

This was not bad for a autobiography of a LRP, Long Range Patrol, soldier's account of his time in Vietnam during 68. The book was built from hundreds of letters he sent home to his wife and is surprisingly detailed and accurate. It was part 1 of a 3 part book and am interested in continuing to see......more

I am really really sorry I read this book! Not because it wasn’t a well written recount of what Mr. Linderer went through, or informative of the Vietnam War. No, it was because of his views of what he so disparagingly calls REMFs. The front line combat soldiers were obviously most in danger, most wo......more

I have read better. I have an interest in the LRPs because they were my generation in the time when we all served (well almost all of us). We all had friends or family that died there. It made it a lot more real than later wars. These guys were incredible. That said, the writing is a bit disjointed......more

This is a very well written account of a LRP team member in Vietnam by Linderer. He does an excellent job describing the details of Army life in the field and forward of the lines in Indian country. You get a true sense of the high wire act our men had to walk to survive in the unforgiving jungle. I......more