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liberrydude's review against another edition
4.0
Another badly flawed mission that resulted in the SF displaying heroism and amassing the most Silver Stars awarded for an engagement since the Vietnam War. I liked how the authors introduced us to the members of the team and the short chapters had a page turning intensity. Plenty of pictures but poor maps and sketches. I almost wanted to make a 3d diorama of the area. It was hard to picture the fight but you knew it was unbelievable. Somebody ought to have refused to do it. No medals for that. Same old story. A plan from higher up being foisted on the below folks who know the area and are trying to tell the up there people that ground truth contradicts the highers. This was a clusterfuck from the start-attacking up hills, mountains; no medevac plan. It's only a miracle we didn't lose any aircraft.
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