Blood on the Risers by John Leppelman - ISBN: 9780804105620
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Three tours, three elite units, one unbelievable Vietnam war story.

Blood on the Risers

An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    6 September 1991

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Summary

In three straight years he was a paratropper, and army seaman, and a LRRP-and he lived to tell about it.

As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit’s only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies died because of poor leadership and lousy weapons. Often it seemed the only way out of the carnage in the Central highlands was in a body bag.

But Leppelman did get out, transferring first to …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780804105620
ISBN-10:0804105626
Author:John Leppelman, Copyright Paperback Collection
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Ivy Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:6 September 1991
Weight:198g
Dimensions:170mm x 107mm x 24mm
About The Author

John Leppelman

John Leppelman was a paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne, serving three tours of duty in Vietnam. He then wrote about his military service and experiences in Blood on the Risers- An Airborne Soldier’s Thirty-Five Months in Vietnam.

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