Nam Sense is the memoir of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. This book offers a perfect blend of candour and humour – and it spares nothing and no one in its attempt to convey what really happened during this unpopular war.
I am so glad I read this book. It is probably the most original historical account of the Vietnam War I have read. It neither documents incredible feats of bravery nor the sad stories of moral ambiguity and failure we have all heard. It is the honest witness of an infantryman draftee who did his duty and got home. It doesn’t gloss over the irrational leadership failures he witnessed, but he doesn’t dwell on it. the stories of loyalty and the honest look into the heart of someone who has lived a year at war pack a punch. Well worth it.
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mousesqueaky
3 years ago
If you really want to know what it was like in Vietnam from a soldiers experience then you’ll like this book. No holds barred in telling his story. A real page turner and hard to put down. A great read.
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brownelllm
3 years ago
A great Vietnam story.
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terristewart
3 years ago
Worth reading.
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kimberly4444
3 years ago
Very informative, aurhor presented Vietnam War so that it was easy to picture myself there
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bikerbuck
3 years ago
Perhaps he was there, (i served 1969-70) but like Nam, both Sucked!! Do not tecommend this book.
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finleymarkh
3 years ago
He was unflinching in his account, not even sparing himself for his own actions.
Very well done. Certainly worth a read from veterans. I’m not sure civilians would really understand all of it.
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johnhaley
3 years ago
realistic, grisly
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leslie1
3 years ago
A very interesting view of the Vietnam war from the viewpoint of the soldiers on the ground. No great strategic view of the war, but rather all the gritty details suffered by the individual soldiers.
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woodmagnus
3 years ago
Perhaps the most realistic vietnam war book I have ever read. A true year in the life of a draftee. Not embellished in any way.
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melvin
3 years ago
Graphically depicts life in a U.S. military conventional unit plagued by the idiocy of its leaders, mostly at the company level and below.
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jackhchoa
3 years ago
Aas a two tour vietnam vet this is one of the few books on the Vietnam War that tells it like it was
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burnwood39
3 years ago
An outstanding story told through the eyes off a young soldierwho was there and recounted many excursions out into the bush. Ever hear of Hambuurger Hill? Read it and get more detail than you’ll ever want.
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jdfite
3 years ago
Good narrative on the late years of the Vietnam war. Told from the perspective of the draftee grunt. Whether, or not, you like the attitude of the typical grunt, it is what it is,
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tomhammond86
3 years ago
a good read & I’m a NAM era vet!
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yaquijuan1
3 years ago
Very well written personal journal of his year as a grunt in the Vietnam bush. I really enjoyed reading it and recommend it highly to anyone with an interesti in getting an inside view
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mike
3 years ago
Good book and great story
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xkeeneye18
3 years ago
As a former grunt in 2/327 101st Airborne Div during the same time in many of the same places (hamburger hill, A Shau Valley, etc), I found the descriptions and everyday activities to be very realistic.
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fizteach
3 years ago
The book was well written, but I look at it from the perspective of being a former Marine. The idea of ghosting in order to shirk one’s duty is abhorrent to me. Where is the integrity and character one would expect of a soldier when others are relying on the soldier in question?
Good representation of my Vietnam experience
I am so glad I read this book. It is probably the most original historical account of the Vietnam War I have read. It neither documents incredible feats of bravery nor the sad stories of moral ambiguity and failure we have all heard. It is the honest witness of an infantryman draftee who did his duty and got home. It doesn’t gloss over the irrational leadership failures he witnessed, but he doesn’t dwell on it. the stories of loyalty and the honest look into the heart of someone who has lived a year at war pack a punch. Well worth it.
If you really want to know what it was like in Vietnam from a soldiers experience then you’ll like this book. No holds barred in telling his story. A real page turner and hard to put down. A great read.
A great Vietnam story.
Worth reading.
Very informative, aurhor presented Vietnam War so that it was easy to picture myself there
Perhaps he was there, (i served 1969-70) but like Nam, both Sucked!! Do not tecommend this book.
He was unflinching in his account, not even sparing himself for his own actions.
Very well done. Certainly worth a read from veterans. I’m not sure civilians would really understand all of it.
realistic, grisly
A very interesting view of the Vietnam war from the viewpoint of the soldiers on the ground. No great strategic view of the war, but rather all the gritty details suffered by the individual soldiers.
Perhaps the most realistic vietnam war book I have ever read. A true year in the life of a draftee. Not embellished in any way.
Graphically depicts life in a U.S. military conventional unit plagued by the idiocy of its leaders, mostly at the company level and below.
Aas a two tour vietnam vet this is one of the few books on the Vietnam War that tells it like it was
An outstanding story told through the eyes off a young soldierwho was there and recounted many excursions out into the bush. Ever hear of Hambuurger Hill? Read it and get more detail than you’ll ever want.
Good narrative on the late years of the Vietnam war. Told from the perspective of the draftee grunt. Whether, or not, you like the attitude of the typical grunt, it is what it is,
a good read & I’m a NAM era vet!
Very well written personal journal of his year as a grunt in the Vietnam bush. I really enjoyed reading it and recommend it highly to anyone with an interesti in getting an inside view
Good book and great story
As a former grunt in 2/327 101st Airborne Div during the same time in many of the same places (hamburger hill, A Shau Valley, etc), I found the descriptions and everyday activities to be very realistic.
The book was well written, but I look at it from the perspective of being a former Marine. The idea of ghosting in order to shirk one’s duty is abhorrent to me. Where is the integrity and character one would expect of a soldier when others are relying on the soldier in question?