Acceptable Loss: An Infantry Soldier's Perspective
By (Author) Kregg P. Jorgenson
Random House USA Inc
Ivy Books,U.S.
3rd February 1992
United States
General
Non Fiction
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Modern warfare
Asian history
959.7
Paperback
272
Width 106mm, Height 171mm, Spine 17mm
153g
In just ten months in Vietnam, he was overrun, shot up, but notunderworked-he survived fifty-four missions as point man.He has one hell of a story to tell. You didn't get into the Rangers without volunteering, and you didn't stay on point unless you liked it. But after watching most of his buddies die in a firefight when his LRRP team was overrun by the NVA, Kregg Jorgenson volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry, racing to the aid of soldiers who faced the same dangers he had barely survived. Whether enduring NVA sapper attacks, surviving"friendly" fire, or landing in hot LZs, Jorgenson discovered that in Vietnam you never knew whether you were paranoid or just painfully aware of the possibilities.
Kregg P. Jorgenson served in Vietnam with Company H, Rangers, and later with Apache Troop, the 1st Squadron of the 9th Cavalry. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and City University of Seattle.He lives in the Pacific Northwest.