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The Eyes of Orion

Written by: Alex Vernon, Neal Creighton Jr., Greg Downey, Rob Holmes, David Trybula
Narrated by: Ralph Morocco
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Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award, The Eyes of Orion is a highly personal account of the day-to-day experiences of five platoon leaders who served in the same tank battalion in the 24th Infantry Division during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

While professional soldiers and historians will undoubtedly glean much from this narrative, the heart of the account concerns the experiences of the five young lieutenants as they prepared for and served in combat - from their deployment to Saudi Arabia through their six months in the desert training for war, their four days in combat and several weeks of occupation in Iraq, and finally their homecoming. The authors treat their combat experience in Saudi and Kuwait from the perspective of junior officers, all in their twenties and just out of college (four are graduates of West Point and one received his commission through an ROTC program), who served on the front line - facing physical, personal, moral, and leadership challenges.
©1999 The Kent State University Press (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks
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"The single best book on the Persian Gulf War on the market today." ( Military Heritage)

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Great Content though very dry

the content was fantastic. though the narrator made it quite difficult to make it through, matter fact I've fallen asleep listening to him. not saying he isn't good, it was just difficult to stay focused, so I missed lots and had to replay chapters to comprehend what is going on.

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