{"product_id":"9781932033199","title":"Prodigals: A Vietnam Story","description":"During his first tour in Vietnam - 1967-68 - Dick Taylor was a well trained and highly motivated amateur assigned to advise a hard-bitten ARVN infantry battalion working in the mud and streams of IV Corps. He became savvy in a hurry and found that he was both brave and resourceful. He barely survived Tet 1968, then served on an advisory team staff.\u003cp\u003eFor the next two years, Taylor earned a Ranger tab, served on a division staff, and schooled on. He met his wife, and married her days before he returned to Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaylor's second tour - 1970-71 - was altogether different. He immediately assumed command of Bravo Company, 1\/7 Cav, and excelled as a commander and a leader. He was aggressive in the field, confident in his command, and assertive with his superiors. He fought a good war, a successful war, and when he was forced to take a staff job it was as his battalion's intelligence officer. But the war was winding down, its purpose lost. Taylor's spirit's flagged, but not his fidelity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis well-written combat memoir is heartfelt, earnest, honest and just a little melancholy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casemate Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039583060208,"sku":"9781932033199","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932033199_p0.jpg?v=1763639274","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932033199","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}