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Eye of the Tiger
- Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
“We live together under the thick canopy, each searching for the other; the same leeches and mosquitoes that feed on our blood feed on his blood.”
John Edmund Delezen felt a kinship with the people he was instructed to kill in Vietnam; they were all at the mercy of the land. His memoir begins when he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was sent to Vietnam in March of 1967. He volunteered for the Third Force Recon Company, whose job it was to locate and infiltrate enemy lines undetected and map their locations and learn details of their status. The duty was often painful both physically and mentally. He was stricken with malaria in November of 1967, wounded by a grenade in February of 1968, and hit by a bullet later that summer. He remained in Vietnam until December, 1968.
Delezen writes of Vietnam as a man humbled by a mysterious country and horrified by acts of brutality. The land was his enemy as much as the Vietnamese soldiers. He vividly describes the three-canopy jungle with birds and monkeys overhead that could be heard but not seen, venomous snakes hiding in trees and relentless bugs that fed on men. He recalls stumbling onto a pit of rotting Vietnamese bodies left behind by American forces, and days when fierce hunger made a bag of plasma seem like an enticing meal. He writes of his fallen comrades and the images of war that still pervade his dreams.
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- GC
- 19-08-22
A Raw dialogue of War
As if you were speaking with a Veteran of the War in Vietnam relaying vivid personal experiences. An engaging expression of War with no frills. Recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-06-22
Riveting
I thought the narration was a little flat to begin with, however, the narrator’s voice really allowed the story and the super tense life of a recon marine to shine through. Thoroughly recommended.
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- Pierre Bovington
- 17-10-23
Semper Fi
I love first person " I was there accounts*
The Vietnam war has been categorised as an American error. This is a mistake and detracts from what was going on at the time.
Delezens story echoes the banter I heard in truck stops, guys who just sat behind a steering wheel concentrating on the road ahead. It is a good mental exercise!
Semper Fi is the motto of the United States Marine Corps.
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- Baz Borozitch
- 02-09-22
A Harrowing No Frills Account
This isn't Hollywood. This is real life. Seasoned with historical research, this Vietnam war memoir is a bloody, muddy, frightened and frightening account of the tour of duty of a marine and his comrades.
I can't imagine surviving the deprivations they endured, but it's a story which needs telling to those of us lucky enough never to go to war.
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- Dave
- 03-06-22
Brutal, bloody, but at times brilliant
It's a shame the book is so short, The author is clearly highly intelligent, and his prose is on a par with Stephen King at times.
As it is, this is well written and offers a rare insight into the conflict.
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- Mike
- 28-11-22
Great 'nam account
loved it, story moved at a nice pace and was a very honest, descriptive account. it didn't try hard to pull me in yet it did. splendid
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- Anonymous User
- 24-09-22
Horror and heros
Takes you directly to the hell of the Vietnam conflict.
An absorbing, sobering view on war.
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- Chris F
- 03-01-23
Lyrical and gritty. Well worth a listen.
From the start, I was taken aback by how poetic and lyrical Mr Delezen's writing is. Of the many books I have read about war, I feel this is one of the most in insightful and thoughtful.
It gives an unexpected mix of historical context and straight to the point description of jungle fire fights. I finally understood why an old friend of our family would talk incessantly about fresh water. He talks about fear and discomfort and empathy for the "opposing" soldiers.
The narration is clear and conveys the emotion of the text well.
Without further ado, I can only say I recommend this wholeheartedly.
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- Fox 3 Simulations
- 01-04-23
Great story - Simple & Poetic
Sadly this audiobook is completely let down by the narration, that sounds about as emotionally involved as someone reading an instruction manual to clean out a blocked sink. The story itself is very simple, almost poetic. It's far from my favourite "Nam war story" but nor is it the worst. Sprinkled with just enough horror to remind me, that war is shocking and disgusting, always brutal and never fair.
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- Ryan
- 01-07-22
Sempa Fi
A very enjoyable listen. Some hairy moments described that had me listening intently. Would definitely recommend it to others.
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