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Death in the Jungle | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gary Smith, Alan Maki
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 348341
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0804113416
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780804113410
ASIN: 0804113416
Publication Date: November 29, 1995
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SNAKES, VIPERS, CROCS, SHARKS, AND THE VC
With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous terrain of Rung Sat Special Zone and Dung Island. The key to their success: go where no ordinary soldier would go and no VC would expect them.
Though death reigned as king in the jungles of Vietnam, Gary Smith considered it a privilege and an honor to serve under the officers and with the men of Underwater Demolition Team Twelve and SEAL Team 1. Because he and his teammates, trained to the max, gave each other the courage to attain the unattainable . . . .
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 Go with the Seals in the Vietnam war June 30, 2008
Latour07 (Paris, France)
The author is a brave soldier. Enlisting in the SEALS is the bottom of his courage. His engagement in the ambushes, the numerous missions of harassment, against the VCs are impressive. The man has a very acute sense of humour and likes sharing his wisdom about the sense of the war.
Brave soldiers, heroes, nice men ; a good book on the Vietnam war even though I preferred "Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam" or "Good to Go: The Life and Times of a Decorated Member of the U.S. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two" by Harry Constance.
 Death In The Jungle June 12, 2007
purple (A small town)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Deep in the jungle and behind enemy lines. You hear something in the water. What do you do? This is the setting for the book Death in the jungle by Gary R smith and Alan Maki.
In this story Gary serves 5 tours in the Vietnam War. He tells about his missions and the pros and cons of being a Navy Seal. My favorite mission he told was when his team and he are on a 24 hour river ambush at night. They hear something floating down the river. Seeing only the outline of the object they open fire on what they thought was the enemy. After blowing away half of their rounds they realized it was just a log.
The theme of this book is war is not always a good thing. People die and sometimes nothing is accomplished. This was a great book to read. It was full of details and action packed missions. I had a hard time putting it down. I would recommend strongly that you read this book.
Death in the Jungle: Diary of a Navy Seal February 27, 2006
Darrell John Bossert
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Book arrived within a few days and was in the condition that it was described or better, very happy with there service.
Excellent audio book August 15, 2005
Bruce W. Jacobs (Ohio)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent account of a mans tour of Vietnam. Its worth every penny!
Best Navy Seal book out there June 11, 2003
J. Hawkins (Texarkana, tx)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have read just about every Navy Seal book out there and this one is by far the best one. The way the teams can turn it on and off like a light switch from cold calculated killers and then back to normal is unbeleivable...
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