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Originally Posted by Huey14
Soldier Five, by Mike Coburn is the third book. Theres also opinions on it in most of the other books, too.
He paints it more as bad on HQs part: Not keeping the units in isolation, crap maps, etc. Though he does say they fucked up in it, too.
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Eye of The Storm by P. Radcliff
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193..._ya_oh_product)
He was the SGM of that Squadron during the Gulf War, he states that the team ultimately had final say in execution, but was strongly advised to take vehicles. He acknowledges the lack of mission support and supply issues in the book.
There is a lot of bad blood over this issue and a few others. I read another book to cover down and found it better and with some historical insights going back to the 50's;
Ghost Force by K. Conner
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030..._ya_oh_product)
Just read With The Old Breed by EB Sledge, just another book that puts things in perspective when things start to suck.
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