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Title Phantom Warriors ,book 1Author Garry A.LindererMain characters many LRRPs LRPs and Ranger nits in VietnamSummary The book I read was ab come in LRRPs (long range reconnaissance patrol) ,LRPs (long range patrols) , and Ranger units in Vietnam. The book told stories ofseveral different types of operations in the units most challenging times. The job of a unitof this type was to infiltrate a designated RA( recon area) stealth handle as possible with afour to seven man squad (sometimes larger). Once on the ground a team would set up anOP ( annotation post) and would always try and remain undetected. Because of thesmall number of size an LRP would always avoid contact with the enemy but , the bookproved to me that when confrontation was undeniable the special forces units provedthemselves a truly deadly force. I would say at least ninety percent of the time LRPswould find themselves out numbered in a confrontation. If at all possible they would tryand escape but sometimes fight ing your way out was the only way. The LRRPDetactchment, 1st Brigade, hundred-and-first Airborne Division had a problem like this. StaffSergeant Papy kill and his team where patrolling a high activity area when there teamwas abutted by fifteen or twenty Viet Cong. Off the bat three men went down twoseriously injured and the other shot in the head. There six man team was then a three manteam. The two men at camp where busy fending off the invaders temporary hookup wholeness man that wasoff doing his business was finding his way back. He too was cought up in theunexpected fire and went down. Staff Sergeant Lynch called in the coordinates and afterthe ammo and grenades where almost out , air support showed up. Most of the VC wherekilled or ran away in fear of Death from Above. This was one of the most heroic storiesin the book.Weaknesses This was a good book. I couldnt find many weaknesses at all . Theone thing I did hear was the similarity in each of the stories. It seamed liked t he samething would happen in a row. The team would usually end up ravel from a force of