Author with SF questions!!

[robS]

Hello, everyone,

I've read a lot of books about Vietnam, and one of them was called War, by an author whose name I cannot for the life of me recall. In any case, it was a novel that detailed the experience of a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. I dont know if any of you know the book I am talking about. I remember it had to do with the Montagnards of the Central Highlands in Vietnam, and there was a major character in the book called Phillipe who wore cowboy boots and drove a motorcycle...

ANYWAYS, I really liked that book, and want to write a novel about the SF, with a story based on the current situation in Afghanistan. What I am most interested in are the little interesting details about the way a forward-operating A-team is composed, how they are equipped, what specialties they have, things like that. I need to generate characters around all these details, and I would like to get them right, more or less.

And NO I am not a terrorist wanting to gain intel on what weve got going on in Afghanistan right now!... I'm just a writer looking to put a little of the old PEN behind all the SWORD that we are swinging over there these days!! (and write a good, accurate story, too...)

Thanks in Advance! You can email me at breathtest2002@juno.com.


-Rob

ps. i might post this in more than one forum i hope it doesnt annoy anyone. http://www.socnetcentral.com/ubboard/smile.gif

[Tracy]

Try this web page for overall view: http://www.navyseals.com/dropzone/interro/tracy.html

On the same site, try this one as well:
<A HREF="http://www.navyseals.com/dropzone/opcenter/report5.html" TARGET=_blank> http://www.navyseals.com/dropzone/opcenter/report5.html </A>

Also go to: <A HREF="http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Special_Forces/default.html" TARGET=_blank> http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Special_Forces/default.html </A>

[MF]

"I've read a lot of books about Vietnam, and one of them was called War, by an author whose name I cannot for the life of me recall. In any case, it was a novel that detailed the experience of a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. I dont know if any of you know the book I am talking about. I remember it had to do with the Montagnards of the Central Highlands in Vietnam, and there was a major character in the book called Phillipe who wore cowboy boots and drove a motorcycle..."

I believe the book you are refering to is War Story by Jim Morris.

Mark

[Ranger002]

Originally posted by MF:
"I've read a lot of books about Vietnam, and one of them was called War, by an author whose name I cannot for the life of me recall. In any case, it was a novel that detailed the experience of a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. I dont know if any of you know the book I am talking about. I remember it had to do with the Montagnards of the Central Highlands in Vietnam, and there was a major character in the book called Phillipe who wore cowboy boots and drove a motorcycle..."

I believe the book you are refering to is War Story by Jim Morris.

Mark

Ahhh yes good old Jim Morris one of Jared Chandler's biggest supporters. Jim is not a bad guy just another smoe trying to get his books made into movies. He bought into Chandler hook line and sinker.
William Hazen

[robS]

Yes! Now I remember his dream (nightmare?)that opens the book, with him and the borrowed m-79 trying to get up that hill and being wounded in the balls.... Okay, thanks all, im going to read that tom clancy book that someone recommended to me in an email. Thanks and Welcome Home!


-Rob

[Harry56]

Hey folks, while we're on the subject of books written in the style of the sword so to speak. Anybody ever read any of Gayle Rivers; Five Fingers of Death, Hunters Run, etc.
Anybody familiar with his background and where he went? I've tried to find some of his books recently and a few of them are not even listed?..

[murphquake]

that classic among classics "Operation Dumbo Drop" was based on a Jim Morris story. Actually I thought it was pretty funny, Dennis Leary and Doug E. Doug crack me up...
-bill

[Ranger002]

Yes Operation Dumbo Drop is where Jared claimed to be SF Halo Qualifed and Thai Halo Qualifed he ran around Thailand telling many tall SOF tales until he ran into some 1st Group dudes that is...LOL thats where Jim Morris came in.
William Hazen

[Huey One Four]

Originally posted by Harry56:
Hey folks, while we're on the subject of books written in the style of the sword so to speak. Anybody ever read any of Gayle Rivers; Five Fingers of Death, Hunters Run, etc.
Anybody familiar with his background and where he went? I've tried to find some of his books recently and a few of them are not even listed?..

Theres a thread over in the Pommy section that discusses Mr. Rivers.
http://www.socnetcentral.com/ubboard/Forum11/HTML/000099.html


[This message has been edited by Huey One Four (edited 11-30-2001).]