Rangers at War LRRPs in Vietnam [Paperback]

"Shelby Stanton has emerged as the leading military historian on the war in Southest Asia."
COL. CHARLES B. MacDONALD
Author of COMPANY COMMANDER and A TIME FOR TRUMPETS
One of the toughest and most challenging jobs in Vietnam was to be a U.S. Army Ranger running Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols. The LRRPs took volunteers only, and training was designed to weed out all but the best. What emerged was an elite outfit of warriors in the finest sense of the word. Now Shelby Stanton, renowned military authority on the war in Southeast Asia, presents the first and only definitive history of the LRRPs and the U.S. Army Rangers in Vietnam. They're all here: the Screaming Eagle Patrollers, Cochise Raiders, Charlie Rangers, Cobra Lightning Patrollers, and more.Shelby L. Stantonis a noted military historian. During the conflict in Vietnam, he was commissioned as an infantry officer of the US Army and completed the Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces Officer courses. His six years on active military duty included service throughout Southeast Asia, where he earned the Vietnam service and campaign medals. After being wounded in Laos, he was medically retired with the rank of captain. He is the author ofRangers at War;Rise and Fall of an American Army: US Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965–1973; andVietnam Order of Battle.INTRODUCTION
 
The U.S. Army combat reconnaissance and ranger campaign of the Vietnam war represented an important military adjunct to regular operations throughout the prolonged conflict. Patrol units were formed as field expedient organizations out of battlefield necessity, and their employment varied according to higher command objectives and terrain dictates. This book examines the actual methodology and contrasting experiences of Army long-range patrol elements by describing recon and ranger operations on a unit-by-unit basis. In this manner, the author has endeavored to provide an accurate and usl£!