The Eyes of the Eagle
F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968
Published on 12. May 2010
240 pages
978-0-307-57466-4 (ISBN)
Description
In the 101st Airborne, if you cared enough to send the very best, you sent The Howlers.
Gary Linderer volunteered for the Army, then volunteered for Airborne training. When he reached Vietnam in 1968, he was assigned to the famous "Screaming Eagles," the 101st Airborne Division. Once there, he volunteered for training and duty with F Company 58th Inf, the Long Range Patrol company that was "the Eyes of the Eagle."
F Company pulled reconnaissance missions and ambushes, and Linderer recounts night insertions into enemy territory, patrols against NVA antiaircraft emplacements and rocket-launching facilities, the fragging of an unpopular company commander, and one of the bravest demonstrations of courage under fire that has ever been described. The Eyes of the Eagle is an accurate, exciting look at the recon soldier's war. There are none better.
Gary Linderer volunteered for the Army, then volunteered for Airborne training. When he reached Vietnam in 1968, he was assigned to the famous "Screaming Eagles," the 101st Airborne Division. Once there, he volunteered for training and duty with F Company 58th Inf, the Long Range Patrol company that was "the Eyes of the Eagle."
F Company pulled reconnaissance missions and ambushes, and Linderer recounts night insertions into enemy territory, patrols against NVA antiaircraft emplacements and rocket-launching facilities, the fragging of an unpopular company commander, and one of the bravest demonstrations of courage under fire that has ever been described. The Eyes of the Eagle is an accurate, exciting look at the recon soldier's war. There are none better.
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Gary Linderer is the publisher of Behind the Lines, a magazine that specializes in US military special operations. He served in Vietnam with the LRPs of the 101st Airborne Division, earning two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star with V device (for valor), the Army Commendation Medal with V device, and two Purple Hearts.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- June 6, 1968
- June 7-10, 1968
- June 11, 1968
- June 12, 1968
- June 13, 1968
- June 17, 1968
- June 18, 1968
- June 19, 1968
- June 20-25, 1968
- June 26, 1968
- June 27, 1968
- June 28, 1968
- June 29, 1968
- June 30, 1968
- July 1-5, 1968
- July 6, 1968
- July 7, 1968
- July 8, 1968
- July 9, 1968
- July 10, 1968
- July 12, 1968
- July 14, 1968
- July 16, 1968
- July 17, 1968
- July 18, 1968
- July 19, 1968
- July 21, 1968
- July 22, 1968
- July 24, 1968
- July 25, 1968
- July 26, 1968
- July 27, 1968
- July, 28, 1968
- July 29, 1968
- July 30, 1968
- July 31, 1968
- August 1, 1968
- August 4, 1968
- August 5, 1968
- August 6, 1968
- August 7, 1968
- August 9, 1968
- August 10, 1968
- August 11, 1968
- August 12, 1968
- August 13, 1968
- August 14, 1968
- August 15, 1968
- August 16, 1968
- August 17, 1968
- August 18, 1968
- August 19, 1968
- August 20, 1968
- August 22, 1968
- August 23, 1968
- August 24, 1968
- August 26, 1968
- August 29, 1968
- August 30, 1968
- August 31, 1968
- September 1, 1968
- September 2, 1968
- September 3, 1968
- September 4, 1968
- September 6, 1968
- September 7, 1968
- September 8, 1968
- September 9, 1968
- September 10, 1968
- September 11, 1968
- September 15, 1968
- September 16, 1968
- September 17, 1968
- September 20, 1968
- September 23, 1968
- September 24, 1968
- September 26, 1968
- September 27, 1968
- September 28, 1968
- September 29, 1968
- September 30, 1968
- October 2, 1968
- October 3-8, 1968
- October 10, 1968
- October 16, 1968
- October 17, 1968
- October 18, 1968
- October 20, 1968
- October 21, 1968
- October 23, 1968
- October 24, 1968
- October 25, 1968
- October 26, 1968
- October 27, 1968
- October 28, 1968
- October 29, 1968
- October 30, 1968
- October 31, 1968
- November 2, 1968
- November 3, 1968
- November 4, 1968
- November 8, 1968
- November 9, 1968
- November 10, 1968
- November 11, 1968
- November 13, 1968
- November 14-17, 1968
- November 18, 1968
- November 19, 1968
- November 20, 1968
- November 21, 1968
- November 22, 1968
- November 23, 1968
- November 24, 1968
- November 25, 1968
- November 26, 1968
- November 28, 1968
- December 2, 1968
- December 3, 1968
- December 4, 1968
- December 6, 1968
- December 9, 1968
- December 12, 1968
- December 13, 1968
- December 14, 1968
- December 15, 1968
- Casualties
- Glossary
- Dedication
- Other Books by This Author
