Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Young, Paul

First Recon-- second to none : a Marine reconnaissance battalion, 1967-1968 / Paul Young. - 1st ed. - New York : Ivy Books, 1992. - 245 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Whether they were beating through razor-sharp elephant grass or spending all night soaked and shivering in the monsoon, walking into an ambush or getting caught in a hot LZ, sudden death for the First Recon was never far away. Second Lieutenant Paul Young had to be concerned not only with his own life but also with those of the men in his command. For Vietnam too often seemed like a monster with an insatiable appetite for blood.

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Young, Paul


Marine Corps Marine Division --History--United States


Personal narratives, American.--Vietnam War--1961-1975
Reconnaissance operations, American.--Vietnam War--1961-1975
Regimental histories --Vietnam War --United States--1961-1975

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