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BOOK REVIEWS
“LONG DAZE AT LONG BINH”
1966 ad for the Ronson Comet butane lighter. Must have been a hell of an ad campaign since Steve got two of 'em for Christmas, both sent to him in Nam. The only 2 gifts he received that year— what are the odds?
NOTE: This book is not about
combat. It's a lighthearted
but information-packed look
at what life was like for some
of the 2.5 million American non-combatants who spent
a year in Vietnam but rarely
(if ever) found it necessary
to pull a trigger.
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"INTELLIGENT, INFORMATIVE & ENTERTAINING"
Susan Fitzpatrick, Attorney, Albany NY (review below)
"REFRESHING, MOSTLY LIGHTHEARTED"
Don Mathison, Marine Corps vet, Verona WI (see below)
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"IT'S ONE OF THE TOP FIVE VIETNAM
BOOKS TO READ THIS WINTER"
Historynet.com, posted December 1st, 2020
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"VERY NICE READ, 5 OUT OF 5 STARS"
Amazon Verified Reviewer TJJ2004 (review below)
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"BEST BOOK ABOUT 'REAR ECHELON' LIFE IN
NAM, NOBODY WILL TOP IT ANY TIME SOON"
David Willson, reviewer, Vietnam Veterans of America
(Books in Review II, The VVA Veteran) (below)
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"THANKS FOR BRINGING OUT THE HUMOR"
Mary Spencer, Retired Nurse, Henderson NV (below)
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"THE FRIENDLY GOOD HUMOR DRAWS YOU IN"
Steve Guggenheim, Psychologist, New Rochelle NY (below)
"ONE OF THE BETTER BOOKS I'VE READ"
Amazon Verified Reviewer “Powerhouse Pete” (below)
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"A WITTY EXPOSE OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES
MILITARY LIFE IN VIETNAM"
Mike Day, Reviewer for VFW Post 10556, Boca Raton, FL
VFW Post 10556 newsletter, Aug. 2018 (below)
"FUN AND REFRESHING"
Dave McMillan, Vietnam vet, Anacortes WA (see below)
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"A UNIQUE AND VALUED CONTRIBUTION
TO THE GROWING VIETNAM WAR LIBRARY"
Midwest Book Review, Feb. 2018 issue (Military Shelf)
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"FUNNY AND INTERESTING WITHOUT
MAKING LIGHT OF WAR IN ANY WAY"
Asia McKain, reviewer, The Lost Art of Reading (below)
"THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK"
Richard Kussman, Retired Educator, Whitestone NY (below)
"AT FIRST I HESITATED TO BUY THIS
BOOK... NOW I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN!"
Glenn Normand, Vietnam vet, Mobile AL (see below)
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"A MUST READ IF YOU SERVED IN VIET NAM
OR YOU'RE A STUDENT OF HISTORY"
Amazon Reviewer Lawrence Lovelace, Lone Tree, CO
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"LAUGHS FROM A MOST UNEXPECTED SOURCE"
Gary Ilminen, Associate Online Editor & Reviewer for
Ultimate Motorcycling magazine, March 2018
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"A VERY REAL YET HUMOROUS PORTRAYAL"
Jim Tretheway, Vietnam vet, Madison WI (review below)
"VERY FUNNY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT"
Amazon Verified Reviewer Alfonso Rodriguez (see below)
"A WONDERFUL REMINISCENCE, 5 STARS"
K.C. Finn, reviewer for ReadersFavorite.com (see below)
"I'VE NEVER READ ANYTHING LIKE IT"
David Weigandt, Farmer, Richland Center WI (see below)
"PLEASED THERE WAS SOME LEVITY THERE"
Helga Bloom, Retired, Spokane WA (full review below)
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"INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING...
A REAL PAGE-TURNER"
Peter Mooney, Economist, Winston-Salem NC (below)
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"VERY GOOD... WITH BOO-COO LAUGHTER"
Dan Shelton, Vietnam veteran, Lake Havasu AZ
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"FASCINATING PICTURE OF A HISTORICAL
EVENT... NOT YOUR USUAL MEMOIR"
Gordon Long, author & reviewer for Airborn Press (below)
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"IN WAR, HUMOR OFFERS A WAY TO COPE"
John Goodman, Retired Senior VP, Prairie du Sac, WI (below)
"SO GLAD THEY WROTE THIS BOOK. 5 STARS!"
Amazon Verified Reviewer Jim B. (review below)
"A FUN TO READ BOOK"
Butch Wilcox, Retired Master Mechanic, Sun City AZ (below)
"A UNIQUE, WITTY, ENTERTAINING AND
HILARIOUS ROLLER COASTER RIDE: 5 STARS"
Maria Beltran, reviewer for ReadersFavorite.com (below)
"CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE"
Mike Ford, Retired Administrator, Verona WI (see below)
"I LAUGHED OUT LOUD"
Dave Burgess, Retired Comptroller, Onalaska, WI (below)
"COMEDY IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY"
David Friedrichs, Criminology Professor, Scranton PA (below)
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"NUMBER ONE GI, A GREAT READ, 5 STARS"
Amazon Verified Reviewer Molly (see below)
"THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO LAUGH"
Dr. Allan Wolff, M.D., Northbrook, Illinois (below)
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