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Summary: A very funny book about the vietnam war
Review: Admittedly, some of the stories contained in "Very Crazy G.I." are strange, some even incredible. But the whole collection of short stories almost oozes red dust and dense jungle. Sometimes touching on LRRP and Special Forces themes, at other times delving into pure myth. Make no mistake: This book is hysterically funny, from a military advisor teams field trip with reluctant ARVN troops, to the story about an R&R trip to Thailand. Spanning most of the war and a wide variety of themes, it's a smashing read! As diverse in origin as the subtitle: Beaucoup dien cai dau.
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Summary: Mixed Feelings
Review: Admittedly, some of the stories contained in "Very Crazy G.I." are strange, some even incredible. But the whole collection of short stories almost oozes red dust and dense jungle. Sometimes touching on LRRP and Special Forces themes, at other times delving into pure myth. Make no mistake: This book is hysterically funny, from a military advisor teams field trip with reluctant ARVN troops, to the story about an R&R trip to Thailand. Spanning most of the war and a wide variety of themes, it's a smashing read! As diverse in origin as the subtitle: Beaucoup dien cai dau.
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Summary: SE Asia Stranger Than Fiction
Review: Every vet has "war stories" to tell, and Kregg has put together a fine collection of unique first-person experiences from Vietnam. Reading this book brings to the reader a full spectrum of emotions as Jorgenson shares some truly unique narratives from that conflict. Some of the stories are hysterically funny, some are heartbreaking , and a couple are downright scary.It's a good read, and I'm looking forward to the next volume.
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Summary: the perspective of a non-Vietnam war veteran
Review: From the point of view of one person who never served in Vietnam, Kregg P.J. Jorgenson`s VERY CRAZY G.I. is a great book. It is highly readable and very entertaining. The book makes you feel like you are a Vietnam War soldier yourself, wearing the very clothes (or: in the chapter on visits to brothels, not wearing any clothes at all) that the G.I.s did.
I would highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Another hit by Jorgenson
Review: Having read hundreds of titles on military history, not to mention everyone of Kregg Jorgenson's works - I must say he has another hit on his hands. Jorgeson has taken me along with him to Vietnam on numerous occassion, but this journey was a kind of Twilight Zone meets the Outer Limits meets the Howard Stern show. I enjoyed every story and hold a couple as favorites, especially, the "alleged Green Beret story." I've also read enough military nonfiction to know there are plenty more stories for Jorgenson to follow up with a second volume of VERY CRAZY, GI. Keep writing Mr. Jorgenson and I'll keep buying!
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Summary: War Stories
Review: I found this an entertaining read. Very different from the author's other books, this is a collection of short tales, or war stories, as you could imagine a couple of soldiers swapping over a few beers. Some are more believable than others and even the author mentions he is leaving it up to the reader to make up their own minds about the verasity of some of them. The story of the seamonster is pretty interesting and anyone who has read the book owes it to themselves to look up oarfish on the internet and take a look at the pictures. That is one freaky fish. I didn't even know about it until I read this book, imagine a couple of seamen spying this thing over 30 years ago. I know I'd still be telling tales of it today.
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Summary: Mixed Feelings
Review: I have to admit, some of the stuff captured in this book is hilarious and unbelievable which is something rarely found in this genre. But the book did have some major short comings in my eyes; one, the writing was brutal and didn't flow well. I am not asking authors to be gradeliquent in any way. But I got the feeling sophisticated words were avoided which added to the choppiness. The book heavily concetrated on the humor of war, how these guys were jaded and subsquently did crazy things. The field operations were not well described and in some cases not described at all. Very Crazy, GI is not a book for everyone. If your looking for a serious battled ladend book then this is not it. If your tired of reading books that included too much death and destruction then I'd turn you to this novel. It paints the brighter side of war and is somewhat refreshing and would have been a lot better if more effort had been put into the text.
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Summary: Kregg does it again
Review: I think that this a very god book, a series of short stories about the vietnam war, one or two off them are perhaps " non-confirme-able", but who cares, just as long as it is a good storie.
I very much enjoyed the R-R storie to Thailand; revenge is to be enjoyed cold.
Also the story about marine SGT Henderson, that died and diden't
send chills up and down my spine.
Kregg has a way with frases and words, especialy his funny and self-ironic way of decribing himself and his conversion with all those who contributed stories to his book, he is very much the
Wiseguy he always describes himself as. I can highly recommend this book to anyone.
Keep up the good work !!
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Summary: Kregg does it again
Review: I think that this a very god book, a series of short stories about the vietnam war, one or two off them are perhaps " non-confirme-able", but who cares, just as long as it is a good storie.
I wery much enjoyed the R-R storie to Thailand; revenge is to be enjoyed cold.
Also the story about marine SGT Henderson, that died and diden't
send chills up and down my spine.
Kregg has a way with frases and words, especialy his funny and self-ironic way of decribing himself and his conversion with all those who contributed stories to his book, he is very much the
Wiseguy he always describes himself as. I can highly recommend this book to anyone.
Keep up the good work !!
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Summary: STRANGE BUT TRUE FLASHBACK
Review: While reading this book, I had the uncanny feeling that I had been transported back to my youth, during which I had consumed large numbers of DC comic books. The only thing that's missing are the illustrations. As one who rates Jorgenson's "Acceptable Loss" as one of the best Vietnam books I've ever read, I found "Very Crazy, G.I." a major disappointment
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