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A novel about a platoon of Marines in Vietnam. Accurately reflects the misery and fear of a platoon of diverse individuals held together by the common bond of brotherhood and survival. One of the great but, little known novels to come out of the Vietnam war. Huggetts descriptions of life as a mud Marine are extremely vivid. If you want to know what it was like to be a Marine rifleman in Vietnam, read this novel.
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2 editions- Other · English · 1978Dell · 445 pages · 9780440113928
- Other · English · 1973Putnam · 445 pages · 9780399111266
combat.VietnamVietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975FictionVietnam War, 1961-1975Children's fiction
