Mr. Palmer
12-07-2006, 11:57 AM
Napalm shreds the VC patrol, leaving them disorganized. Undaunted, they continue on.
Private Everette is told that his monstrous visions of the decomposing soldier aren't enough to get him off the front lines.
Meanwhile, our two protagonists draw closer to their meeting... at Khe Sahn.
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Another good issue.
Really have to feel for the VC patrol as they slog through the horrors of war. The opening napalm attack is enough to make the skin crawl as you're shown the aftereffects of the bombing. I also like the dialogue which brings to mind visions of eyes swollen shut from mosquito bites and the way tigers take care of their dead. Not to mention the tension inside the caves. And then we have U.S. helicopters imagined as dragons... whoa.
On the U.S. side, the dialogue continues to ring true. I really felt for Everette as he talks about the decomposing soldier and is told he hasn't been in-country long enough to go crazy. I know how that feels. And the face that their base-camp is on a daily VC barrage, and that there are enemy patrols advancing, only ratchets the tension up to massive intensity.
I've said it before, and will say it, again: This is the war book I've been waiting years for.
Private Everette is told that his monstrous visions of the decomposing soldier aren't enough to get him off the front lines.
Meanwhile, our two protagonists draw closer to their meeting... at Khe Sahn.
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Another good issue.
Really have to feel for the VC patrol as they slog through the horrors of war. The opening napalm attack is enough to make the skin crawl as you're shown the aftereffects of the bombing. I also like the dialogue which brings to mind visions of eyes swollen shut from mosquito bites and the way tigers take care of their dead. Not to mention the tension inside the caves. And then we have U.S. helicopters imagined as dragons... whoa.
On the U.S. side, the dialogue continues to ring true. I really felt for Everette as he talks about the decomposing soldier and is told he hasn't been in-country long enough to go crazy. I know how that feels. And the face that their base-camp is on a daily VC barrage, and that there are enemy patrols advancing, only ratchets the tension up to massive intensity.
I've said it before, and will say it, again: This is the war book I've been waiting years for.