Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #301903 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
This is the evocative history of the 5th Marine Regiment Sniper Platoon in Vietnam written by one of their own. This highly specialized unit recorded the highest number of kills and the highest kill ratio during the entire Vietnam War and because of their success the Viet Cong placed a bounty on their heads. - Eyewitness account of long distance combat in the jungles of Vietnam - Written by 1st Marine veteran and established author - Includes photo section of snipers and their weapons

Customer Reviews

I concur!
I agree whole heartedly with the majority of the other reviewers.
This book is trash, as an englishman I have a fairly unbiased opinion of the vietnam war, i have read many other books about it including chicken hawk and dispatches which give respectful accounts of events and the situation without sounding like the cliché of an american patriot soldier.

13 Cent Killers is the most 'american' book on the war i have read yet, i say read, but i gave up half through as i was sick about hearing how 'our god loving boys died face down in the dirt for those.. rah rah rah blah blah'.
Dont get me wrong I have absolute respect for any soldier that is sent to war, they are all a million times braver than i could ever be. I just couldnt give a monkeys about Culbertson's right-wing patriotic opinion of matters.
Yee-haw!

Very Poor.
This is not a book I would recomend to any one. The author spends large amounts of it informing the reader how great the subjects were and how super hard they were. The book is long on retoric and short on actual combat.
The book can be summed up into thirds. One third is lists of names, places or poeple, the second third is the author telling the reader how the subjects were the best at everything and the final third bad mouthing Gunnery Sargent Carlos Hathcock.
If you want a good Vietnam book look elsewhere. Try Marine Sniper or Chickenhawk.
Don't buy this book.

Self Serving
This is an awful book and nearly had me throwing it away after the first 30 pages. The man is a sycophant and spends all his time fawning over his personal idols. There is so much 'Apple Pie and Mom' and flag waving you have to wonder how come the US lost the war ? and you find yourself soon wanting to shoot the author ! It's an appallingly poor read with in-jokes making no sense and poor visulisation of situations and events. All in all I strongly recommend you don't buy this book. A much much better read is Dear Mom : A snipers Vietnam by Joseph T ward. This is the book I read before and the caused the direct comparrison and frustration when reading 13 Cent Killers. (To be honest the Gung-Ho Kiddy title should have said it all to me.)
AC