Human reaction time to visual stimulus, 250 milliseconds. That’s a quarter of a second from seeing a punch to blocking it. But what…
What do you do when someone publicly challenges your life’s work in front of hundreds of strangers? Most people argue. Some walk away.…
June 2nd, 19670542. North of Kien, Kuang Tree Province. Corporal Danny Price cups his hands around a cigarette that he never lights. From…
January 1963. We were patrolling the dikes. Quiet Delta morning. Then the Patties erupted. Four helicopters down in five minutes. A rifle company…
May 1962, Saigon. The Vietkong owned the night. Outposts took hits, roads died after dark, and timid commanders called it suicide to step…
June 1969, Highway 1, Vietnam. I gave up my M16 for an M79 grenade launcher. That trade put me on point and set…
August 15th, 1969, on patrol outside Firebase 411, a 250lb command bomb picked me up and stopped my heart. Four killed, nine wounded.…
Route 9 looked quiet at 150 hours on the 13th of January, 1968. Then a command mine and RPGs ripped a 20 vehicle…
Midnight, May 16th, 1968. The Marines are supposed to be gone. Instead, a column of silhouettes slips back across Liberty Bridge without a…
As 1968 started, the Third Marine Amphibious Force anticipated a renewed initiative from the enemy in the north. Marine intelligence reported that nine…