Death in the A Shau Valley: L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-1970

The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates. Larry Chambers was still new to Vietnam in early 1969 when the LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division became L Company 75th (Rangers). But his units mission stayed the same: act as the eyes and ears of the 101st deep in the dreaded A Shau Valleywhere the NVA ruled. Relentless thick fog frequently made fighter bombers useless in the A Shau and the enemy had furnished the nearby mountaintops with antiaircraft machine guns to protect the massive trail network that snaked through it. So outgunned outmanned and unsupported the teams of L Company executed hundreds of courageous missions. Now in this powerful personal record Larry Chambers recaptures the experience of the wars most brutal on-the-job training where the slightest noise or smallest error could bring suddenand certaindeath. . . .