{"product_id":"2940011290060","title":"Cat Quiet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cat Quiet\" is Volume III in the series of Vietnam short stories entitled, \"LRRP Rangers Vietnam\", following \"Eleven Bravo\" and \"Here Comes Charlie\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith striped face paint and tiger fatigues, four LRRPs creep through the jungle. Cat quiet stealth is their only ally, allowing them to achieve their goal: a safe perch on a mountainside plateau from which they can maintain a lookout over a vast valley in the mountains of Vietnam's central highlands, but the idyllic scene is not as it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe LRRPs of Vietnam (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) were the cavalry scouts of their war, traveling by helicopter rather than mustangs into remote and unfriendly territory. The mountainous jungles of the central highlands were especially inhospitable, filled with snakes and wild animals, and criss crossed with the tributaries of the Ho Chi Minh trail that lay hidden beneath the thick, triple-canopy jungle foliage. It was the job of small teams of LRRPs to penetrate the ridges and valleys of the rainforest to track and identify NVA activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach volume of this series of Vietnam short stories is based on an actual incident, and the author, twice honored with a bronze star for valor in combat as a LRRP (Ranger), refers to these stories as \"autobiographical fiction\" with healthy doses of literary embellishment. \"Cat Quiet\" opens:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Survival depended upon stealth. The black and brown stripes smeared across our faces matched our tiger fatigues, and we prowled silently and slowly. Unseen and unheard, we would be hunter and not hunted.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RW Holmen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073094533360,"sku":"2940011290060","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011290060_p0.jpg?v=1763548509","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011290060","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}