SEAL Warrior The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday

by Keith, Thomas H.; Riebling, J. Terry; Thornton, Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9780312628031
• ISBN10: 031262803X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-06
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

With the depth and honesty of "Steel My Soldiers' Hearts, SEAL Warrior" sheds light on the operations of the SEAL teams in Vietnam, and how the SEALs laid the foundation for modern guerilla warfare in use today.

Author Biography

THOMAS H. KEITH retired as a Command Master Chief with 31 years service in the U.S. Navy, twenty nine years with the Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams and Seal Team Two. During his three tours of duty in the Republic of Vietnam with Seal Team Two, he received two Purple Hearts, three Bronze Stars with combat V for valor, two Navy Commendation medals with combat V for valor, one Navy Achievement metal with combat V for valor, two Presidential Unit Citations and two Navy Unit Citations among his many awards. He devoted 29 years of service to Naval Special Warfare and is still involved in active special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as a civilian contractor.

J. TERRY RIEBLING has been a shooter and hunter for over forty years and a competitive shooter for over twenty years. He is the winner of the Erskine Caldwell Award in Short Fiction and the author of "Sniper's Eyes." His articles have appeared in numerous firearms and hunting publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Author's Note	p. xxi
The Fourth of July	p. 1
Thank You	p. 5
Blood, Sweat, and Sand	p. 12
Gearing Up	p. 26
First Op	p. 37
First Blood	p. 41
Tools of the Trade	p. 54
The Death Tax	p. 70
Good Ops, Bad Ops, and Grand Theft Auto	p. 80
Reason to Celebrate	p. 90
Fishy Intel	p. 100
First Tour-Last Dance	p. 112
Good Night, Saigon	p. 123
The Rung Sat Secret Zone	p. 134
First Contact-Second Tour	p. 141
Dead Men Walking	p. 153
Australian Bliss	p. 163
Back to the Bush	p. 172
A Little Walk in the Bush	p. 181
First Command	p. 190
Last Dance-Second Tour, 1969	p. 199
Grapes of Wrath	p. 208
Welcome to the Neighborhood	p. 219
Looking for Trouble	p. 227
Down Under Op	p. 239
Dickey's Revenge	p. 249
Fair Winds and Following Seas	p. 260
Glossary	p. 269
Index	p. 285
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