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The Green Berets
Book • 1965
The Green Berets is a book by Robin Moore that offers a gripping narrative of the U.S.
Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War. Moore, who trained with the Green Berets and accompanied them on deployment, provides a blend of first-hand reporting and fictionalized stories that capture the intensity and bravery of these elite soldiers.
The book explores their operations in Vietnam and Laos, highlighting their role as guerrilla paratroopers and trainers of local forces.
Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War. Moore, who trained with the Green Berets and accompanied them on deployment, provides a blend of first-hand reporting and fictionalized stories that capture the intensity and bravery of these elite soldiers.
The book explores their operations in Vietnam and Laos, highlighting their role as guerrilla paratroopers and trainers of local forces.
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as an early book about Green Berets in Afghanistan, but noted as partially inaccurate.


Scott Neil

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479: First Troops On The Ground In Afghanistan. With Green Beret Scott Neil
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as the book he read in 1966 that inspired him to join the Green Berets.


John Stryker Meyer

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#193 John Stryker Meyer - MACV-SOG: The Secret War in Vietnam
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as a book he read that influenced his decision to join the military.


John Stryker Meyer

180: Covert Lessons Learned From "Across The Fence" in Vietnam, with John Stryker Meyer
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as a book that inspired him to join the Vietnam War.


Doug Letourneau

186: Taking A Secret War to The Enemy in Vietnam, w/ The Frenchman Doug Letourneau