Brief Book Review: The Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam war for the USS Boston a Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser didn’t turn out so well the USS Boston returns to Boston’s bay some of the crew from the USS Boston got transferred to a Heavy Cruiser Attack on the interior of Vietnam. A squad that got transferred to Riverine Assault Force or known as RAF as they were fighting along with the help of the army to flush the Vietnamese off the coast of Vietnam. As the team moved more inland the Vietnamese try desperately to hold them off but the boats fire power was too much for them. Later on the Vietnamese would have overrun the boat if the army didn’t come and help them. Their communicationist, Morris radioed just in time for the army to come and help them.
When Morris was on the USS Boston he was an assistant electrician on the boat his friend Moses was a gunner when they went into battle Moses was excited while Mo was frightened after the battle the ship had to retreat back to Boston to get a new ship Mos house all got transferred to the RAF (Riverine Assault Force). When they got to the coastline of Vietnam they had to fight their way in. When they were cruising on the rivers of Vietnam they were assisting the US army. They had to bunker down because of typhoon Elaine giving Vietnamese divers a chance to plant a few bombs on another ship so after the typhoon was done KABOOM went one of the ships.
Their ship was still in good condition but they had a fierce battle coming up. The day after typhoon Elaine they were under fire each crew member had multiple tasks. Mo was a gunner along with being a communicationist so when they were under heavy fire he would radio for backup and get back to his .50-caliber machine gun to pound away at the enemy. The Vietnamese forces were armed with machine guns along with rocket launchers and putting all their ammunition into the Navy's vessel. The Vietnamese destroyed a Seawolf helicopter with a rocket splitting the helicopter almost in half. Once the Monitor’s Zippo turrets were in range they shot the napalm burning anything in its path and even the oxygen in the air. After the fire fight they sailed on.

Morris learned that “If Friendship Has An Opposite, It Has To Be War”.
The theme of the novel is Morris made a pledge to protect his buddies and Southern Vietnamese people from the Viet Cong who were allied with Northern Vietnam.
The impact of the war was to prevent North Vietnam from converting South Vietnam into a communist country. Many U.S and Vietnam soldiers died in the Vietnam War. This impacts me because we defended South Vietnam from the communists taking over other countries for communism. Over 58,000 U.S soldiers sacrificed their lives for our democracy, freedom, along with mine and future generations. Had these soldiers not defended South Vietnam, South Vietnam would have become a communist nation. This impacts others because Southern Vietnamese have rights, while the people of North Vietnam are communists and have no rights.

I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in history or just wants to read a good novel with action, the story starts off slow at first but speeds up later on. Yes, I would suggest this novel to a friend because my friend told me about a book that turned out to be one of my favorite books so I want to return the favor plus he enjoys war books. Also, I liked that four friends join the war but they all served in different branches of the U.S services, Morris, Ivan, Rudi, and Beck are the four friends in this series and share different viewpoints on the Vietnam
War.
Furthermore that America helps those that are defenseless from enemies that are taking over their land.