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I've already read
Band of Brothers- liked it
Phillip Caputo's "A Rumor of War"- really liked the representation of what it was like in Vietnam before the fighting got heavy.
Dispatches- great book. The stuff on Errol Flynn's son the photographer was interesting.
Tim O'Brien's The Things they Carried (Much better than "Going After Cacciato") the chapter called "How to tell a war story" is one of the most haunting chapters I've ever read on the representation of war. I read it out loud one time to a group and it looked like people had been hit in the stomach with a shovel.
Cornelius Ryan's "The Longest Day" Every time I say the pledge I picture the Army rangers climbing those ladders up the cliffs of Normandy while Germans picked them off from above. I am eternally grateful for their courage and fortitude.
Thanks again for all the recs. It's making me look forward to my 2 weeks off during xmas.
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"Remember, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen." -Homer
Unless you are the freakin Highlander, what is the point in learning how to fight with a sword?
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