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Every Mother's Son

77 Days at Khe Sanh

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Every Mother's Son

By: K.M. Loftin
Narrated by: David de Vries
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Every man serving in Vietnam was "Every Mother's Son". In 1968, the Marine helicopter crews during the 77-day Siege of Khe Sanh risked everything every day to keep the surrounding Marine hill positions alive and viable. The North Vietnamese Army committed more than 20,000 troops to destroying the Marine hill positions and the Khe Sanh Combat Base. The small Marine outposts were transformed into highly effective kill zones, as the enemy slammed the landing zones with rockets, mortars, artillery, and automatic weapons fire. The Marine helicopter pilots and crews of HMM-262 dedicated their lives to saving their Marine brothers. This is their story.

©2019 K.M. Loftin (P)2020 Tantor Military Vietnam War War Air Force

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Sometimes I find myself skipping introductions or authors notes, not through lack of patience, but I wanna hear the story of whoever up front, not what someone else thinks first. This book is different, and requires all context to make sense. It's written from the perspective of various incidents unto themselves, so far apart that it comes across as different people at times. They end every chapter with writing a letter to mum, which no doubt gives the book its name, and helps us, the audience summarise the events we've just heard. The fact he lost his mum as a very young boy adds a mysterious aspect to these letters - were they sent, to whom? did they even exist? Unlike most war stories in Vietnam that flow through, these chapters are very specific and feel isolated. Could easily divide into entire episodes or topics by themselves. I appreciated the unique style, and while not the best, certainly does well in the middle.

An interesting way of writing a book

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