Pacified Zone

By Gary W. Suffern

Lieutenant Gary W. Suffern’s first week started with a bang in Viet Nam’s central highlands and ended with a bang 350 days later. Between was an adventure of horrendous firefights with the enemy, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413730779
• ISBN13: 9781413730777
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Publishamerica Inc
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

I am Lt Steve

It's taken me a long time to actually "review" this book. I am the Lt. Steve Gary wrote about. Gary remains a hero of mine. He writes the truth as he and only he could recall it. Gary evoked memories for me that were buried for years. I have read it many times and it still wakes my long buried recall for incidents both tragic and humorous. There's so much more to tell; who knows, maybe I'll write the epilogue. Gary makes me and (should) make every vet of Nam proud that we served. Perhaps we weren't always so gallant but Gary portrays a perfect picture of what this war was like for us. I still hoist a glass of Cherry Herring to Gary every year. "Tommy two Bars", here's to you!

Now That's How It Was

This book is easy reading. Suffern does a good job describing the military experience from boot camp, through Officer Candidate School, through first Vietnam experiences. He had me laughing and saying, "yep, I remember that." Because he was an officer, he's able to give the reader a glimpse into Vietnam from a "manager's" view point. He was too kind in describing his fustration with "leadership." Gary Suffern was my platoon leader for about 7 months during my first tour in Vietnam. He speaks the truth about events of Bravo Company of the 19th Combat Engineer Battalion. Yet, he tells only part of the story. This is a good read for any student of Vietnam.