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by: Bob Miller
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 959
EAN: 9781587368462
ISBN: 1587368463
Label: Wheatmark
Manufacturer: Wheatmark
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: July 15, 2007
Publisher: Wheatmark
Sales Rank: 355327
Studio: Wheatmark
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Product Description:
Kill Me If You Can, You SOB is a judicious, penetrating record of the Vietnam War as experienced by an ordinary soldier. Through diary entries written over three decades ago, we get a rare and illuminating glimpse into one of America's greatest tragedies. Bob Miller's unflinching observations not only expose the harsh realities of war, but also provide a long-overdue tribute to the men who fought it.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Too Short
The book I received was only 79 pages long. The amount of reading material was further diminished by numerous photos and the generous use of margins and spaces. It may have been more appropriate for Reader's Digest. The short diary format was awkward for reading.
Rating: - Very interesting book
Wow! A book written by a battlefield-harden GI about war without a trainload of vulgar language. The bonus in this book was that the author found real life characters worth remembering. This is a lucid and compelling work about three very special Americans. I would describe this as an accidentally funny book. Not once did I feel this author was trying to be funny; but without trying, he's a cross between Will Rogers and Mark Twain. For example: "Deplaned and were loaded onto a bus with heavy-gauge ... Read More
Rating:  - Kill Me If You Can, You SOB
Kill Me If You Can, You SOB
The book was OK, But as a former Helicopter pilot in Vietnam (twice), I salute his service and dedication to duty, but he saw the war from a very narrow perspective and his criticisms seemed to me to reflect his youth and, therefore, showed a bit of tunnel vision.
Rating:  - If Hunter S. Thompson had been a warrant officer...
The more I read of Miller's work, the more I like it. Like HST, Miller is a born curmudgeon, cynic, and rebel. I cracked up when his commander described him as "he'll never make general but he'll get you there and back." No grunt ever had a truer, more unconditional friend.
This memoir hit particularly close to home for me as it detailed the author's experiences as a warrant officer chopper pilot in Phan Thiet, Vietnam from May '68 to May '69. I graduated flight school in Jan '69 but ... Read More
Rating: - Currahee
This pilot supported the Currahees with the best he had to give and has put the same into ths book. Agree with him or not, he tells it like it was and I'd be proud to ride with him anytime anywhere. I was there, too and he didn't skimp a bit on Blackhawk. My only disappointment was when it ended so fast.
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