Download or read book Charlie's Story: Portrait of a Ranger in Vietnam War written by Davina Wigner and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capable of infiltrating by land, sea, or air, the Ranger Regiment plans, executes, and commands and controls special operations in support of the nation's military objectives and global interests across the full spectrum continuum, worldwide. They were the biggest Ranger company in Vietnam and the best. They experienced nearly every emotion known to man-most of all, the power and the pride of being the finest on America's front lines. This book is based primarily upon the handwritten journal kept by one Charlie Ranger infantry soldier, who served in this front-line combat unit, from June 1968 to June 1969. All names, events, dates, and other information recorded here, are authentic, as remembered and recorded by the author, and other Charlie Rangers who witnessed and participated in these events. To "keep it real", no attempt has been made to glamorize or create the participants' heroes (or villains). Rather, every effort has been made to include the bad as well as the good; and to just record what happened, and what actions were taken. Of course, there is a bias from the American point of view. This book does not deal with the political issues but focuses on the day-to-day operations and happenings experienced by the Charlie Rangers in Vietnam. From helicopter assaults to operations with tanks and armored vehicles to tunnel warfare to cutting through thick jungle vegetation, tonight ambush patrols, to attacks on well-fortified enemy bunker systems, to monsoon rainstorms and flooded rice paddies, to Riverine operations in the Mekong Delta with the US Navy; the Charlie Rangers had to adapt and cope with a broad range of combat conditions to find and defeat the enemy. In writing this book, our goal is to communicate and document to our families and loved ones what we experienced in Vietnam, as Charlie Rangers.