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Title tail Warriors , account book 1Author Garry A.LindererMain characters humansy LRRPs LRPs and forest fire fighter nits in Vietnam     Summary The book I read was about LRRPs (long range reconnaissance patrol) ,LRPs (long range patrols) , and Ranger units in Vietnam. The book told stories ofseveral different types of operations in the units most ch allenging durations. The pedigree of a unitof this type was to infiltrate a designated RA( recon area) stealth uniform as possible with afour to seven man aggroup (sometimes larger). Once on the ground a team up would set up anOP ( observation post) and would al sorts try and remain undetected. Because of thesmall number of size an LRP would always avoid contact with the enemy but , the bookproven to me that when confrontation was inevitable the special forces units provedthemselves a truly acid force. I would say at least ninety percent of the time LRPswould find themselves out numbered in a confrontation. If at all possible they would tryand escape but sometimes fighting your way out was the only way. The LRRPDetactchment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division had a problem like this. Staff sergeant-at-law Papy Lynch and his team where patrolling a high activity area when there teamwas abutted by xv or twenty Viet Cong. Off the bat three men went rout twoseriously injured and the other shot in the head. in that respect six man team was then a three manteam. The two men at camp where busy fending off the invaders piece of music hotshot man that wasoff doing his business was finding his way back. He too was cought up in theunexpected fire and went down. Staff Sergeant Lynch called in the coordinates and afterthe ammo and grenades where almost out , distribute support showed up. Most of the VC wherekilled or ran away in fear of final stage from Above. This was one of the most heroic storiesin the book.     Weaknesses This was a advantageously book. I couldnt find many weaknesses at all . Theone thing I did notice was the similarity in each of the stories. It lined liked the samething would happen in a row. The team would usually end up running from a force of