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Dead Center

A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

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Dead Center

Written by: Ed Kugler
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts. To take advantage of that experience, he formed the Rogues, a five-sniper team that hunted in the Co Bi-Than Tan Valley. His descriptions of long, tense waits, sudden deadly action, and countersniper ambushes are fascinating. In Dead Center, Kugler demonstrates the importance to a sniper of patience, marksmanship, bush skills, and guts - while underscoring exactly what a country demands of its youth when it sends them to war.

©1999 Ed Kugler (P)2014 Tantor 20th Century Americas Military Military & War Modern Sniper United States Vietnam War Wars & Conflicts War Veteran Vietnam War Memoir
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As a grunt I thoroughly appreciate the humour. The narration was great, made for easy listening. Well worth the listen!

Excellent story and narration

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The narrator did a great job of portraying the mood of the situation. The author did a great job of portraying the feeling of war.

great narration

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One thing that bothered me was he called his mod70 Winchester a single shot bolt action, on a couple of occasions. It's actually a bolt action repeater.

Nit picking

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the writing and the narration put me there and the follow-up was great.
excellent book.

the reality of it all

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Amazing fellow, doing extraordinary things. One of the best narrated books I’ve listened to. It would be a great pleasure to meet the Kug sometime.

Real American Hero

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