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Summary: Best documented Vietnam book!
Review: Dangerous Dan Marvin is one of the finest and bravest persons I know. The one star reviews show how important this book is. They are disinformation and discreditation! Read this book and you'll see that I am right. This book is one of the best documented you will ever read. It's about the naked truth and hypocracy of the Vietnam war, told by the only Green Beret awarded by Vietnam fighters with the "purple scarf" for courage and bravery. Dan had to shop for years before he found a small publisher with balls enough to bring it to you. Needless to say, it's an eye opener, even more so in light of the present time.
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Summary: Just Not True!
Review: How did this thing get published as anything other than fiction or just plain trash. I served in Nam '65-'67. Unbelievable that no one questioned this guy's fable before it ever got to the publisher's desk. Mr. Marvin should try writing for Sci-Fi. Did not enjoy reading lies being told as if this were an actual operation. I would rate this as MINUS Stars. He detracts from the true warriors who gave their lives during this war.
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Summary: Honorable Elite
Review: I know Lieutenant Colonel Dan Marvin to be a man who tells the truth and a man of great character. The publishing of this book was at great personal sacrifice. The only reason for writing this book is so the world will know the truth. I have seen much of the evidence reference by Dan Marvin, enough to convince me that his story is true. He will readily share it those seek to know the truth. Dan loves the Special Forces and the honorable men who serve our country. The problem lies with those in power who abuse their power. Dan loves his Lord and Savor Jesus Christ. As a man who deeply loves his God and country, he is compelled to tell his story. There is no personal glory for him in writing this book. I hope you will consider this great man and his story. This book has been a tremendous blessing to me and I'd like to thank Lieutenant Colonel Dan Marvin for his faithful service.
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Summary: pure bs
Review: I served in Vietnam in 1967 on A-341 Bu Dop and I am quite well read on this subject. Not only well read, but served, wounded and saw many good friends die. Nothing in this book is true, and anyone who believes it, other than the Clinton's are sick. I would suggest if in fact he is a former SF soldier should be made to prove every word he has spoken.Paul Posey
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Summary: Excellent book!!
Review: I think Daniel Marvin had written a war story that needs to be told. He had the guts to do it and now is being dishonored by his fellow SF conrades. I enjoyed the book very much and am proud to have it in my Vietnam collection.
I am looking forward to his future books. I put his book in with Spooky8, Operation Pseudo Miranda. Compromised and Dark Alliance. These are books whose authors the goverment tried to say were falsehoods. Some of the authors have paid a heavy price.
Keep up the good work,
cheers,
Auddis
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Summary: You should know why the CIA doesn't want you to read this!
Review: It is important that you look into the CIA involvement in this book wherein I tell of their coming to my camp - an Agent named Walter MacKem and his blonde sidekick - and asked me to send my men (Buddhist Hoa Hao irregular fighters)into Cambodia and ambush and Kill then Cambodian Crown Prince Norodum Sihanouk, making it appear that he was killed by the Viet Cong. Read where I demanded a quid pro-quo with then President Johnson having to go before the American people and tell them he was taking the enemy sanctuaries away from them (He had permitted the enemy safe-havens all along the Cambodian border inside Cambodia) and would permit our forces to go after the enemy no matter where they were (All of our SF camps along the border with Cambodia [with exception of mine under Top Secret Orders] wered under orders not to fire into or enter into Cambodia) . When Pres. Johnson refused to do so, I cancelled the mission and ordered CIA Agent MacKem out of my camp. Then read where the CIA sent an ARVN regiment to attack my camp in An Phu District and kill us all. It was General Quang Van Dang, with hsi American senior advisor (Colonlel William Desobry) who went against the CIA and Premier Ky and ordered the Regiment back to its station. There is corroboration for all these items shown clearly in notes in the book. This is a must read as it tells the reader what evil took place, why I consider General Westmoreland a coward for mot demandinig an end to enemy safe-havens and how the war could have been won IF our government had wanted to win it.
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Summary: Most reviews by other SF are disinformation at its best.
Review: On this 23rd day of August 2003 I find it sad indeed, Pete Buscetto, that you and others in the Special Forces Association appear, from what you write, to believe it more important to be loyal to those who perpetrated evil so long as they wear the green beret of the "elite Special Forces" rather than to be supportive of those who seek to bring out the truth of certain evil, even heinous crimes that were in fact carried out by Special Forces with the goal being a truly honorable and indeed "Elite" Special Forces organization. Perhaps you should want first to support and defend the constitution of the United States of America and not those who would sponsor and direct actions opposing same.
I last spoke with General William P. Yarborough on 2 October 1997 when I called (and recorded the conversation) to congratulate him for the courage it took to admit to those acts against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that our Special Forces were involved in, thinking he had supplied crucial evidence to William E. Pepper for his book Orders to Kill - The Truth Behind the Murder of Martin Luther King, J., which he vehemently denied. I asked him to comment on the fact that the training I received at the Special Warfare Center on Smoke Bomb Hill at Fort Bragg in the Spring of 1964 on assassination and terror techniques, actually titled "counter-assassination and counter sabotage techniques" was conducted by CIA personnel with SF staff assisting.
General Yarborough stated unequivocally, "Well, yeh, there was, there was.." (with regard to the training) and that "We had CIA advisors on the faculty, yes. And we coordinated with them..."
Captain Rudi Gresham called me later that day (I recorded that call also), obviously from his tone of voice, disturbed that I'd called General Yarborough directly, and told me "I can speak on behalf of the US Army, the US Army Special Forces and the Special Forces Association and I'm also the National spokesperson for all network affiliates and all newspapers." I ask the reader to judge the statement for his or herself. He was obviously trying to come across as an all powerful individual. Rudi was careful to point out that no matter what I knew by personal involvement, my primary focus should be that of being loyal to Special Forces."
It was shortly after that, when it was known to Jimmy Dean that I had turned over truthful evidence to William E. Pepper about SF illegal gunrunning, that I was removed from the roles of the Special Forces Association (SFA). I pray for the day when the SFA is again an organization of the finest military personnel that is dedicated to duty, honor and integrity.
Pete Buscetto, I did not attempt to build my credibility by using the names of others - except to note in my book those who had corroborated virtually everything in my book with exception of Chapter Two - Massacre West of Rach Gia. My team members, including then Lieutenant John Strait, my XO, after reading the original manuscript in 1988, provided me with signed or audio-taped corroboration on those parts of the book they personally experienced, understanding the normal passing of troops through any activity. Former ARVN General Quang Van Dang, who was cleared of all the false allegations against him by the CIA in retribution for his having come to our rescue (Chapter 13) when the CIA had sent an ARVN regiment to kill us, and before the CIA invited him to their Virginia hqs and intimidated him into signing an oath of silence, spent four days at my home in Ithaca, NY, recording in his own hand all of the events of his life to include his coming with US Army Colonel William Desobry to turn the ARVN regiment back from attacking my camp. My counterpart, former ARVN Major Phoi Van Le has corroborated all that is written in my book that involved him, including the CIA's assassination plot against Cambodian Crown Prince Sihanouk .
I would be happy to have the President of SFA and my former team members from An Phu come to Syracuse, New York for a face to face debate of up to five hours that would be videotaped and hosted by Special Forces SFC Jerry Willsey, President of Chapter 61 and a "neutral" party only wanting to help heal the wounds in SFA caused by the struggle against the truth.
The fact that old people die cannot be helped, Pete Buscetto, but most have left memoirs of one kind or another.
Toward the future understanding of the truth and positive action taken to assure that similar heinous activities will cease to exist in the wide spectrum of activities the SF are particularly well suited for. The courage, honor and integrity of the vast majority of SF personnel is well recognized by the undersigned.
LTC Daniel Marvin, US Army Special Forces (Retired)
AKA Dangerous Dan
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Summary: A Disgrace
Review: The title for my review really says it all. The only reason this received a One Star rating is because the form would not process the review without filling the field. There should be a negative category. I am not, nor have I ever been a member of Special Forces. I am, however, a proud family member and close friend of many of these fine men that wore and wear the Green Beret. This book is not only an affront to them but to the memory of all those that paid the ultimate price for freedom. How can anyone define a soldier as 'expendable'? Mr. Marvin should have marketed his 'book' as fiction - there would be no problem with that. But, to pass this garbage as FACT - is not only irresponsible, it is unforgivable. He has stirred the fires of the professional and honorable warriors within the SF community and he will be called to the carpet to defend and prove his ridiculous claims. I am positive he can not. Do not allow this individual to fool an unsuspecting public into believing this is what Special Forces was and is about. As an aspiring author researching and writing about this topic I am further offended. Painstaking research and confirmation to validate facts is a daily part of life, I can back up and verify everything and will also defend any positions or claims to anyone, anywhere, anytime - something Mr. Marvin either will not or can not do. I believe it is the latter. Not one of the individuals in his book will confirm his claims. As a matter of fact, they vehemently deny them. Not because they are fearful of the CIA or any other 'secret society', but because this fantasy exists only in Mr. Marvins head. They have a story to tell and it does not require a scintilla of embellishment. Mr. Marvin - I hope every cent you and your irresponsible publisher have made is confiscated by a court and awarded to the families of the men you have dishonored.
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Summary: Bravo Sierra of a Wannabe
Review: This book, and the entire story line, has been challenged by the Special Forces Association. The Association has asked for a retraction and an apology. This Bravo Sierra never happened, and this guy Marvin is the worst type of woofer, telling somebody else's war stories plus his own sick dreams. Don't waste your money. Send it to the Montagnard project, instead.
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Summary: Bravo Sierra of a Wannabe
Review: This book, and the entire story line, has been challenged by the Special Forces Association. The Association has asked for a retraction and an apology. This Bravo Sierra never happened, and this guy Marvin is the worst type of woofer, telling somebody else's war stories plus his own sick dreams. Don't waste your money. Send it to the Montagnard project, instead.
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