Reflections of a Warrior - Hardcover

Miller, Franklin D.; Kureth, Elwood J. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891413871 ISBN 13: 9780891413875

Publisher: Presidio Pr, 1991

Synopsis

A Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient describes his experiences with an elite Special Forces unit in Vietnam from 1966 to 1972, where his missions ranged from intelligence gathering to search-and-destroy operations in enemy territory

About this title

About the Author:

Franklin Miller was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, the Air Medal, and six Purple Hearts in four years in combat, prompting Gen. Henry H. Shelton, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to call him "an icon to what service in the armed forces is about." He retired from the army in 1992 as a command sergeant major, becoming a benefits counselor for the Veterans Administration. He passed away on June 30, 2000.

From Library Journal:

The Special Operations Group (SOG), a small unit that operated behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War, has gotten remarkably little historical examination. This memoir by Congressional Medal of Honor-winner Miller describes some of the actions of this unusual unit. Miller was sent to Vietnam in 1966, and once he discovered he was very good at combat, managed to remain there until 1972 when his status as a recipient of the nation's highest military medal (and hence a soldier to be protected from further hazardous duty) forced him back to the States. His exploits are disturbingly and vividly told, with the frank language and gruesome detail that is common to descriptions of close combat; there is an especially harrowing description of the action that got him the Medal of Honor. For students of the war there are many glimpses into the workings of the SOG. The book's sanguine tone somewhat mars recommending this for general readers.
- Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Presidio Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0891413871
• ISBN 13: 9780891413875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216