Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne

Name: Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Larry Chambers
ISBN: 9780739310472

Author: Larry Chambers

Narrator: Brian Hallas

Abridged: 2 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 02/03/2004

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Military Nonfiction, History, Wars, Vietnam War

Synopsis

For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win.

They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed—the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own. Vietman veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nha Trang and the harrowing graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerrilla the NVA.

Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers and the Rangers every step of the way—from joining, going through Recondo, and finally leading his own team on white-knuckle missions through the deadly jungles of Vietnam.

“I made this book mandatory reading for my Rangers. . . . We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we'd get to the objective so fast they had to hold us back.”—U.S. Army Master Sergeant H. “Max” Mullen Ret. 75th Ranger Regiment

About The Author

Larry Chambers spent fifteen months in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne as a LRP/Ranger. Among other awards and decorations, Chambers earned two Bronze Stars for valor, a Purple Heart, two Air Medals for valor, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He was with L Co., 75th Infantry (Ranger) and F Co., 58th (LRP), in Vietnam. After returning home he earned a bachelor’ s degree and a master’s degree form the University of Utah, and graduated as a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Chambers lives in Ojai, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Larry on May 27, 2013

I am the author. I wrote that years ago. I'm here in Cambodia writing about my trip to vietnam. My trip back to Vietnam did more to heal my own PTSD than a100 therapists could have even done because I was able to see the Vietnamese as real people, not as targets, gooks, sloops, or someone to fear. I......more

Goodreads review by John on June 02, 2018

"Recondo" is a captivating and engaging story about an infantry soldier who goes to Vietnam and volunteers for the LRRPs in the 101st Airborne and later gets accepted into the prestigious Recondo training program. The training is rigorous, demanding, and sometime dangerous. The author doesn't go int......more

Goodreads review by Tim on June 09, 2024

LRRP in 1st Person "The chopper came in fast and low. We rolled out. I hit the ground first, got my footing, then ran toward the tree line. It was only a matter of seconds from the time the chopper skids touched down until it was airborne again." Highly decorated LRRP veteran, Sgt Larry Chambers, take......more

Goodreads review by Jason on December 04, 2013

Continuing my current "military library" reading streak, we have "Recondo" by Larry Chambers. This is a book I've owned for years and have read several times. Reading it from beginning to end again was enlightening though; you pick up on things you missed before, things you weren't old enough or mat......more

Goodreads review by Dan on November 21, 2023

Very exciting. The author does an awesome job of taking you back to the jungles of South Vietnam seeing it through the eyes of an elite reconnaissance patrol. These warriors made life hell for the NVA soldiers and their VC compatriots even when the communist enemy thought itself safe in their havens......more

Quotes

“I made this book mandatory reading for my Rangers. . . . We went from the worst platoon in the regiment to the best platoon in six months. In training we’d get to the objective so fast they had to hold us back.”—US Army Master Sergeant H. "Max" Mullen Ret.
75th Ranger Regiment