Riverine: Brown Water Sailor in the Delta 1967: A Brown Water Sailor in the Delta,1967

by Don Sheppard

Book Overview

Patrolling the Mekong Delta's Bassac River in heavily armed fiberglass boats, the U.S. Navy's brown-water sailors took the war to the enemy in some of the most extraordinary operations of the Vietnam War. Here is the first important memoir to come out of the brown-water navy, by a former Lieutenant Commander.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671796917
• ISBN13: 9780671796914
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 973 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Peace lover's handbook

Don tells the story of working riverboats during Vietnam against the Viet Cong. Don is now gone but he was one of the good ones. This is the middle book of a three book series chronicling his service career.

Not to be missed!

For anyone interested in the Vietnam War, and especially the action in the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta, this book is a must. From battle action to humor to human interest stories, this memoir from an officer who was there is highly entertaining and hard to put down. You won't be disappointed.

A truely accurate account of the river war in Viet Nam.

I've read, A Brown Water Sailor in the Delta several times. You see, I was there in 1967 and 1968 myself. Mr. Sheppard did a supurb job depicting the life of PBR sailors and the hardships they endured while patroling the rivers and canals of Viet Nam's Mekong Delta. Don Sheppard is not only a fine author but a Warrior in the truest meaning of the word. If you havn't read this one, you really should; it is great reading.