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LIMA-6: A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam
LIMA6 A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam Author:R. D. Camp, Eric Hammel In this vivid and intensely frank memoir, retired Marine Colonel Dick Camp colorfully recounts the daily command decisions and combat intrinsic to his Vietnam War experience as "Lima-6" --- the commander of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines --- from June 1967 through January 1968. — As much as it is about the war, this book is a... more »lso a candid account of the camaraderie of a Marine infantry company in battle--of men from widely disparate backgrounds thrown together to succeed or fail as a fighting force. It is also the compelling human drama of an infantry company at war as seen through the eyes of a lonely leader upon whom all others depend for guidance, wisdom, and strength.« less