Death in the Delta
Diary of a Navy Seal
Alan Maki ; Gary R. Smith
- Mankind
- is
- a
- predator
- by
- nature
- and
- a
- hunter
- by
- instinct.
- I
- loved
- to
- hunt.
- It
- was
- in
- my
- blood.
- And
- I
- was
- now
- ready
- to
- head
- back
- to
- the
- bush,
- to
- hunt
- the
- biggest
- game
- in
- the
- world--man.With
- five
- tours
- of
- Vietnam
- and
- 257
- combat
- missions
- under
- his
- belt,
- Navy
- SEAL
- Gary
- R.
- Smith
- has
- witnessed
- hell
- itself.
- DEATH
- IN
- THE
- DELTA
- covers
- his
- third
- and
- fourth
- tours
- in
- Nam.
- From
- Cam
- Ranh
- Bay
- to
- Nam
- Canh
- to
- night
- insertions
- into
- Cambodia,
- he
- served
- as
- SEAL
- adviser
- to
- volatile
- Vietnamese
- special
- forces,
- including
- the
- fierce
- PRUs
- (Provincial
- Reconnaissance
- Units),
- Biet
- Hai,
- and
- Regional
- Forces.
- Often
- accompanying
- their
- missions,
- Smith
- vividly
- captures
- the
- nightmare
- of
- a
- jungle
- war,
- whether
- staging
- sudden
- deadly
- ambushes
- or
- sitting
- silently
- for
- hours
- soaking
- in
- mosquito-infested
- swamps.
It
- wasn't
- pretty,
- but
- Smith
- makes
- no
- apologies
- for
- himself
- or
- his
- fellow
- warriors
- in
- this
- no-holds-barred
- account.
- For
- him,
- its
- a
- privilege
- and
- honor
- to
- pass
- on
- a
- small
- part
- of
- the
- history
- of
- the
- U.S.
- Navy
- SEALs
- experience
- as
- he
- saw
- it
- in Vietnam.
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