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There's also We Were One. Marines on the cover and in the book rode on my track throughout the operation.
Haven't been able to make it past the first couple of pages, but I'm sure it's got some good information.
He played Col. David Hackworth. Link
Hack was a stud of studs, but was hated for going his own way against the grain of the military.
That is, in my opinion, the definitive volume on Napoléon's campaigns.
To the OP: if/when you finish that, I highly recommend Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée by by John R. Elting. It's an incredibly detailed dissertation on the specifics of how Napoléon organized his army, from general staff, infantry divisions, communication, even a chapter on horse remounts. You can really see Napoléon's organizational mind at work.
Yes...? The whole series is based on and around the real-life actions of real men who fought in Europe.
The book "Band of Brothers" is a very good read if you get the time.
https://www.amazon.com/Band-Brothers-Regiment-Airborne-Normandy/dp/074322454X
Yea, I can see that point of view, but I think it's also important that we recognize the timeline here ... Tapper published his book in 2012 and then did a big feature piece on SSgt Romeshi in 2013. I don't know when he sold the rights to the book, but it was definitely before SSgt Romeshi published his book (Red Platoon, 2016).
I wonder if SSgt Romeshi gets a cut because they're using his name? Not sure, but I just want to make sure it's clear that this wasn't some case of both guys having books out and the studios choosing Tapper over SSgt Romeshi.
Read Clinton Romesha's book <em>Red Platoon</em> for the definitive account, it's gripping and harrowing and fills in a lot of the details the movie couldn't capture. It's very telling that he doesn't even focus on himself much at all, despite his actions earning him the Medal of Honor in that battle.
Or Chris Kyle depicting Marines as untrained in urban combat? I only saw the movie, but here's what I have to say about that bullshit.
https://www.amazon.com/We-Were-One-Shoulder-Fallujah/dp/0306815737
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts by Hackworth describes such a situation. When he took over a shitty Inf Bn in the Mekong Delta, he knew the NVA would notice and give him a warm welcome, so he had the men build a new defensive line 100m in from the perimeter and move there as soon as darkness fell. Sure enough, the NLF forces dumped everything they had on the perimeter that night while his men were safely huddled down further back.
As /u/Big_Lebowski (fucking awesome, must have got in early to get that one) points out, it wouldn't work with Arty, but against 82mm and 120mm mortars, RCL, RPGs and Dushkas, it worked just fine.
I found Elting's Swords Around a Throne to be very readable and quite illuminating. The book is not about Napoleon himself but rather his tool for conquest, the Grand Armee; how it was recruited, organized, equipped, cared for medically, and a lengthy chapter describing the marshalls that led it.
Well, Band of Brothers was based off a book about the men of Easy Company. There is of course The Pacific if you're interested in another Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg/HBO collaboration.
Congratulations man, that's as good as it gets. I recommend you read this.
Band of Brothers was a book before they mad it it into a series.
As an Infantry NCO I think Steel My Soldiers' Hearts should be mandatory reading for every new LT. I've read it twice and I'm sure will read it a few more times. http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Soldiers-Hearts-Transformation-Battalion/dp/0743246136
The one i red was in turkish and had 750+ pages. This link has 700+ pages so i think this should be true.
Sorry for long wait :( i'm a sailor, couldnt check earlier.
Hands down, my absolute favorite memoir is Sam Watkins' Co. Aytch.
http://www.amazon.com/Company-Aytch-Samuel-R-Watkins/dp/0452281245
He has the awesome ability to really connect with the reader while relating the hardships, joy, and even funny aspects of the war. I really can't recommend Watkins enough.
Not celebrities to most people....
Met the soldiers from this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Bedford-Boys-American-Sacrifice/dp/0306813556
They came to our deployment ceremony (same unit) and proceeded to tell us we were about to experience what they did when we got to Iraq.... We kind of laughed about that.
Not celebrities to most people....
Met the soldiers from this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Bedford-Boys-American-Sacrifice/dp/0306813556
They came to our deployment ceremony (same unit) and proceeded to tell us we were about to experience what they did when we got to Iraq.... We kind of laughed about that.
Well, most books don't cover life quite like Generation Kill in that they depict battles or historical content and leave out the lifestyle type stuff but one book I really liked is We Were One though it doesn't really cover the lifestyle thing much either, it just tells a great story from the perspective of someone who was actually there, up close and personal, for all the events from start to finish. Regarding the Chaplain, Marine infantry battalions have one assigned Chaplain each (1 man per 1,000 Marines) and we rarely see him, at least during combat. In Afghanistan I saw my Chaplain one time the whole deployment and it was at a fallen Marine's memorial (we had a few, he only made it to one). The Chaplain will be living out of big FOB, if there is one, while Marines will be spread throughout the AO in small OPs, living on their own away from higher conducting operations.
chosin was so cold the guns froze - the night battles were hand to hand combat, and the marines that DID live - walked out shot, every one of them was shot or stabbed multiple times.
read "colder than Hell" -- its all about the chosin resevoir.
http://www.amazon.com/Colder-Than-Hell-Company-Reservoir/dp/0804116970
The marines that lived - they are all a bit "off" now, some serious hardship and brutality went down there. My dad knows a Chosin survivor pretty well - he has "episodes".