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The Element of Surprise
The Element of Surprise
Author: Darryl Young
It used to be said that the night belonged to Charlie. But that wasn't true where SEALs patrolled. For six months in 1970, fourteen men in Juliett Platoon of the Navy's SEAL Team One--incuding the author--carried out over a hundred missions in the Mekong Delta without a single platoon fatality. Their primary mission: kidnap enemy soldiers--alive...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780804105811
ISBN-10: 0804105812
Publication Date: 3/28/1990
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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A very good book from the guy on the ground and in the mud.
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This is one of the best first person account of the activities of a SEAL operating in the Mekong delta that I have read.


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