Blood on the Risers

An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam

John Leppelman, Copyright Paperback Collection

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English

Ivy Books,U.S.
06 September 1991

History

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 the army's riverboats and then the all-volunteer Rangers, one of the ballsiest units in the war. In three tours of duty, that ended only when malaria forced him back to the States, Leppelman saw the war as few others did, a Vietnam that many American boys didn't live to tell about, but whose valor and sacrifice survive on these pages.

By: John Leppelman, Copyright Paperback Collection
Imprint: Ivy Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 171mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780804105620
ISBN 10: 0804105626
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 September 1991
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Leppelmanwas 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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