VERY difficult to put down once you start reading it! | Reflections of a Warrior

A hero tells it his way | Reflections of a Warrior | Franklin D. Miller, Elwood J. C. Kureth

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	• Reflections of a Warrior Franklin D. Miller, Elwood J. C. Kureth Presidio Press, 1991 - 205 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews
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highly recommended

Don't start this book if you have to wake up early.

I'm not opposed to all wars but I was very much against our involvement in Vietnam. I thought then and still think that we should have been helping the other side. I bought this book wanting to hear what combat was like there from a special forces soldier. Fortunately, the book didn't get into the politics but simply told about his life and job, which was to collect intelligence and kill the enemy. His bravery and what he went through is mind boggeling and the descripions of battles are riviting. I stayed up way past my bedtime reading it.

VERY difficult to put down once you start reading it!

WOW, this is one of the most gripping and moving accounts of personal combat and experiences in Vietnam that I have ever read. I had great difficulty putting this gem down, as it is directly related in first-person and the author does a magnificent job of making you feel as if you're right there alongside the subject of the book (Franklin Miller).

Nothing is held back, and if you've ever served in the military, you'll fall right into step with the narration. Everything is presented in all its gory detail, so if you're a little squeamish, you might want to skim across a few sections. The ending is particularly heart-wrenching, especially the afterword by the author's widow.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the up-close and personal views of combat in Vietnam.

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A hero tells it his way

The Vietnam War produced some of the greatest, yet unsung, heroes in American history, Franklin "Doug" Miller was one of them. This book is not so much an autobiography as it is an oral reflection that makes you feel that you are there as he tells his story, with Miller moving to topic to topic as it occurs to him. And what a great story it is. Miller is sometimes vague on details, not going into how he went from being a PFC in a line company to being assigned to Special Forces. Miller's first combat experience was truly unique, more like a company of mountain men in the far west fighting the Blackfeet than a modern army that we think of in Vietnam. "We're going to go across the river and attack a village, do you want to go along?" His platoon sgt asks.

The book's relaxed style does not distrack from the horrors that combat can be and the titled sub-chapters such as-Silver Star, or Bronze Star are helpful as the reader is fully informed on what actions the author was decorated for. It becomes apparent that decorations in Special Forces were hard to come by. The authors discribe day to day life in the S.O.G. unit and provides some insight into the legendary "Mad-Dog" Shirver. The action in which SSGT Miller earned the Medal Of Honor is told in edge of your seat intensity-I wasn't sure if he would come out alive, even though he was telling the story! It's a story that goes from bad, to worse, to hopeless, to acceptance that all's lost.

After nearly six years in the combat zone Miller starts to get a little battle rattled and is sent home. Forunatly the army helped him recover and as a Sergeant Major became an inspiration to a new generation of soldiers. "Doug" Miller became a Special Forces legend, he deserves to be an American legend. I'm glad that his story has been told.

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Just a plain good book to read

This was just something I found while looking for the Bernard Fall book Street without Joy. Miller's co-author wrote the forward for the book. They guy was somewhere in Miller's chain of command well after Vietnam and was an Army Captain. He mentioned that Miller told a great story. I read the book and Captain Kureth is RIGHT. This is a short book, and is just a set of stories, mostly chronological, but not a complete beginning to end story of Miller's 6 years in Vietnam. Miller LOVED Vietnam, he was in the Army and Vietnam was the place that he had the most respect and job satisfaction. He was only a Staff Sergeant when he earned the MOH. He mentioned that Colonels knew his name, but in the states (prior to the MOH), he would have just been some Sergeant. I highly recommend this book for anyone who even LIKES war stories, wants to know what Vietnam was like, or likes history. I picked this up at the Wichita Public Library.

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Best military book I have read so far

This book is phenomenal. I have been interested in military history, tradition, battles, operations, and training since I was a young kid and have read many books about this genre. I have to say that this one was the best I have read so far. Frank Miller's adventures are beyond compare. Miller often had luck on his side, but what really mattered was that he was good at gathering intelligence and killing the enemy. He didn't enjoy killing, but he understood that it was either him or them and he did what he had to do without dwelling on it.

This book puts you right on the battlefront and makes you feel part of the brotherhood and loyalty that men share when confronted with life and death. There are many humorous stories scattered in the book of more relaxing times away from battle which Miller shares.

I have to give much praise to the author, Elwood Kureth, because he was able to write about Miller's exploits in a way that really made you identify with Frank Miller. A very well written book and very entertaining.

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A former green beret describes his six years in Vietnam, discussing his missions to gather intelligence, snatch prisoners, and kill Viet Cong. Reprint. K. LJ.

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