The new company commander has made things difficult for Lieutenant Carr and Sergeant Samples as if combat in Viet Nam wasn t bad enough After a grueling day slogging through the jungle made worse by his poor map reading skills and bad decisions the captain insisted on accompanying Carr and his platoon on a night ambush patrol deep into the woods of the Crescent When the captain refused to acknowledge that they were lost and then accidentally disabled the radio the patrol settled in unaware that they were in serious danger from an approaching North Vietnamese Army unit The ensuing firefight trapped the patrol with no hope of support Sergeant Samples left behind at the night laager with the ard personnel carriers defied authority and devised a bold plan to rescue the men of his platoon The action never stops in this exciting and tense novel of infantrymen in combat AMBUSH PATROL A Viet Nam War NovelI ve read all of the author s books in this series and enjoyed them immensely AMBUSH PATROL disappointed me with the number of typos throughout the story I expected a little better from a successful author with several published books The story initially captivated me as I could relate to the situation As a former Wolfhound we received several 2nd Lieutenants from ROTC or OCS who thought they knew better Many of them listened and learned from the NCOs and became good officers Others got what they deserved One such officer whom we nicknamed Rubbie Duckie caused a couple of soldiers to get hurt during his tenure and then got wounded himself and never returned I look forward to stories from this author but I hope he solicits an editor who can find and fix the typos I still recommend reading AMBUSH PATROL to anyone interested in the Vietnam War and its Warriors English great readAwesome look into the craziness of the American war People will never understand the pain these mean and women went through all because of the politicians English