Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-Five Months in Vietnam

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Summary: Slip away....
Review: Good book, Leppelman was a very crazy guy I'll give him that. The books is good ,it is a quick and easy read. Just like every other war book , follows him around the jungle on missions and his buddies.But the tittle of the book should not have been Blood on the Risers, it does not really have of an Airborne feel to it. nevertheless still worth reading.

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Summary: Great Vietnam War Book!
Review: John Leppelman gives an unvarnished, first hand account of an Airborne soldier in 3 tours of Vietnam. The battle descriptions are very detailed and description of life there very lucid. The book is well written and moves quickly. The totality of the book's battles and struggles hits you like a sledgehammer. Definitely a read if you want to understand the Vietnam War or soldier.

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Summary: Its a great book with much action!! Great reading!
Review: One day I asked my dad if he could loun me a good reading book on the Vietnam war. He handed me Blood on the Risers! I learned many things by reading John's book like how the press lied and hid things from the men and wemon at home, and how the War was limited like it shouldn't have been. After all it was a War not a picnick. I wish I could meet Mr. Leppelman and speak with him. I'v read many nonfictional and fictional books but nothing compares to Blood on the Risers!

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Summary: Great Book Must Read
Review: This book is a page turner. On my forth time reading it. It seems as if you are right along side with John during his three tours. From the Herd to River Boats to the Charlie Rangers he did it all. Must read if you like to read about Vietnam. No bull tells it like, what it really was. Thanks for the true story of Vietnam John.

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Summary: A real view of the Army and fighting in Vietnam
Review: You would expect this book to be filled with stories from an airborne soldier's 35 month tour in Vietnam, but it is much more.
What makes this book exceptional is that it begins with the author beginning his tour in Vietnam as an airborne soilder in the 'herd' where he learns the reality of being cannon fodder at the direction of officers and NCO's who have not a clue or concern for anything other than their own ego's and careers. Lepp escapes certain death by poor leadership by extending his tour with a transfer to a riverboat, where he again finds the ego's and ticket punchers. Lepp again extends to find a new home, only to land in warrior heaven, where finding and killing the enemy comes before salutes and sandbags.
This isn't the tale to feed the author's ego nor does it imply he was a hero. Simply a man who found himself to have a true warrior spirit and how difficult the Army made it for him and men like him to fight a war. In the end you get a good example of just how effective the warriors that the regular army calls 'trouble makers' can be when they are put together as a Ranger unit and allowed to operate as they should. Plenty of action from a front line view.
This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in how the Army really functioned in Vietnam!
Great Book Lepp!! Glad you survived to write it!