Platoon
Subtitle: Bravo Company
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: June 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780312976576
Subjects: Military - United States; Military - Vietnam War; History / Military / Vietnam War; History; History - Military / War; Personal narratives, American; Tet Offensive, 1968; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Military
First sentence: Taking command of an infantry company in Vietnam was not exactly like those change-of-command ceremonies you normally see in the Army, where the troops are all in formation, standing tall, wondering why they must suffer in the hot sun or freezing rain, just to make some officer feel important...But that's the Army.