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Master Chief: Diary of a Navy Seal

By: Gary R. Smith
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ivy Books,U.S.
ISBN: 0804110913
ISBN-13: 9780804110914
Released: 01 Nov 1996
RRP: £6.99
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Great Book - By: , 30 Mar 1999
Gary Smith tells about his five tours of duty as a Navy Seal in Vietnam through three different books: Death in the Jungle, Death in the Delta & Master Chief. All of these well written books are exceptional in that they not only tell the story of terror filled seconds during battle, but Smith also talks about the sheer boredom & mundane tasked that must be done. His stories about killing VC - VC ants that is, while waiting on ambushes are funny in otherwise near death incounters. Smith is able to talk about the inhumane acts that occur in war just as he is able to talk about the fun times. I was brought to tears while reading about the mother & baby killed during an ambush of a Junk & equallly shed tears of laughter when he cooked "Venison" that barked!

Smith does an exceptional job interspersing Vietnamese words & phrases in alll three books which gives the read a sense that Smith was a professional that took the time to increase his advantage by learning their language. The one criticism I can point out is that he listed too many of the overnight ambushes. It became hard to distinguish one from another after awhile. I also get the feeling that there is much more to tell about his tour with the PRU but that it might bring up too many unpleasant memories.

Finallly, Smith makes a one sentence statement that Captain Gormly was one of the best COs he ever served under which speaks volumes about both warriors. A Very good set of books & I recommend these to anyone interested in getting a birds eye view of war from a Seal's perspective.