Review: So much more than a war story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2013
I really enjoyed reading the Mogadishu Diaries. It really shows the humane side of war if you can believe there is one. Eddie Clay ||| touches on how, sometimes, they made judgement calls when it came to either following orders to the letter or doing what is right for innocent people. I love the part where they help out a man whose wife and daughters are being raped. Technically it was against ROE because no guns were involved in the crime but who could walk away from that situation with a clear conscious? They literally drag one of three men (the other two ran off) into the street and let the women have at him. This whole book is just filled with difficult judgement calls that Eddie Clay ||| and his comrades had to make. There are pictures as well from his deployment. These are all true accounts by Mr. Clay and are very interesting to read. I know you will not want to put this book down until it is finished, and even then you may want to re-read it. There's a shock at the end of the book that you won't believe. Buy it, read it, pass the word along for others to do the same. This is an inside look at our Marines and how they handle intense situations.