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What Now, Lieutenant?
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
Every now and then a work comes along that is so simple and refreshing in its originality that it immediately captures the spirit of American fighting men throughout the ages. Such is this work by Bob Babcock. What makes this work unique is that it is based upon his wartime writing as it occurred, without the softening of time and the refining of modern memory applied to past experience. In it you will find the thinking of a young officer as he struggles to take in all that he is responsible for while experiencing everything himself for the first time. It is an honest, unvarnished look at Soldiering in 1966-1967 and is as fine an example of the early American experience in Vietnam that one is likely to come across.
This is the personal account of Bob Babcock's experiences as a platoon leader and executive officer with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1966 and 1967.
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- Fox 3 Simulations
- 18-04-23
A Top Vietnam Story With a Bad Narrator
Update: Finished the book. Having heard around 15 Vietnam Vet audiobooks, the story on this one is easily amongst my favourite 3 - despite the terrible choice for narrator, if you can deal with that, and enjoy reading/listening veterans recalling their accounts in country, then this won't disappoint. The story is brilliant, and somewhat unique in they got to train as a unit and then go over as a unit (most didn't) - this adds a whole dimension to it. The book doesn't spend too long - or too short on any detail, the chapters are about right and keep the story moving, no sudden jumps as 6 months skipped in the next paragraph. The reality he was really there shines through, despite the audio. I especially liked the saved letters that were read at various points - as well the context added to them, and perhaps best of all, was the way he ended his book, in a way nobody else i've heard has. It didn't end with "and I came home" but rather, a couple chapters after that, dedicated to lessons learnt, both militarily as well as life lessons, and the little things that mean a lot. Brilliant Book - and maximum respect to the man. Original Review: It's not his voice, or the quality of the sound, but the narrator is clearly not in the moment. It only takes a few minutes to begin to realise the pattern in his inflection, which continues throughout almost every sentence in the hours that follow. Like running a hand down on the piano - down 2 notes, up 1, down 2, up 1, down 2 up 1, and when the sentence is over, back to the top again and repeat. No pauses, no changes in speed, no volume adjustments, nothing. While this is quite a relaxing and soothing way to read a children's bedtime story perhaps, it conveys zero thoughts, emotions, fears, urgency or anything else, and is terrible for first hand war material.
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- Paul Gray
- 13-04-23
Remember the Brave
I really good listen but the end section was a bit preachy. Would highly recommend if you want to understand more about life as a grunt.
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