{"product_id":"9780804118804","title":"Diary of an Airborne Ranger: A LRRP's Year in the Combat Zone","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most accurate story of LRRPs at war ever to appear in print!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Frank Johnson arrived in Vietnam in 1969, he was nineteen, a young soldier untested in combat like thousands of others—but with two important differences: Johnson volunteered for the elite L Company Rangers of the 101st Airborne Division, a long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit, and he kept a secret diary, a practice forbidden by the military to protect the security of LRRP operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, more than three decades later, those hastily written pages offer a rare look at the daily operations of one of the most courageous units that waged war in Vietnam. Johnson served in I Corps, in northern Vietnam, where combat was furious and the events he recounts emerge, stark and compelling: walking point in the A Shau Valley, braving enemy fire to rescue a downed comrade, surviving days and nights of relentless tension that suddenly exploded in the blinding fury of an NVA attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndimmed and unmuddied by the passing of years, Johnson's account is unique in the annals of Vietnam literature. Moreover, it is a timeless testimony to the sacrifice and heroism of the LRRPs who dared to risk it all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030806380784,"sku":"9780804118804","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804118804_p0.jpg?v=1763737644","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804118804","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}