Read Seek On! The History of the US Army Combat Tracker Teams in the Vietnam War Susan R Merritt 9781533442185 Books

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This is the Second Edition of "Seek-On" A non-fiction account of a unique specialty created as a response to the ability of the enemy in Vietnam to "disappear" into the terrain. The Combat Tracker Team - 5 men and a Labrador retriever - were the counter-terrorist force of the late 1960s-early 1970s and they were successful in bringing justice to the "elusive enemy". Surviving their tours of duty with "commendable" success (according to General William C. Westmoreland), these highly trained warriors were separated; their records sealed in red tape and inaccessible to them or others; unable to communicate with the rest of their teams with whom they had bonded closer than brothers. This was due to the fact that the British military had been involved with the creation and initial training of the young volunteers who were the foundation of the Combat Tracker Teams of the US Army. In the world of international treaties, Great Britain could not be involved in this conflict...and so, despite the valor and mission success that they attained, their stories could not be told. They could not get proper care in the VA system. They could not validate claims of their combat in their real specialty. They were outside of the loop...until they started the clock again in 1998 and this is their story.

Read Seek On! The History of the US Army Combat Tracker Teams in the Vietnam War Susan R Merritt 9781533442185 Books

"This is the only in depth book about the classified Combat Tracker Team program of the Vietnam war. The original training program began at the British Jungle Warfare School in Malaysia and later Fort Gordon, GA.. Those that attended the training were provided government passports that simply stated, "Abroad on an Official Assignment for the United States Government'. The book provides a detailed history of the teams, their locations and who was part of the program. If you want to know the behind the scenes story about the Combat Tracker Teams, you should get this book."

Product details Paperback 214 pages Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Second edition (June 13, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 1533442185

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Seek On! The History of the US Army Combat Tracker Teams in the Vietnam War Susan R Merritt 9781533442185 Books Reviews

• Susan Merritt has found a way to make this work even better than her first. Her writing style is superb. The facts presented are accurate. The training of visual trackers and dog handlers at the British Warfare School in the Malaysian jungle is the best training an infantryman can get. I wonder just how many lives could have been spared if all infantry soldiers received this kind of visual tracker training. The discipline of not talking, proceeding quietly on the track using primarily hand-signals was non-existent in all AIT programs of which I am familiar. If there is a legacy for the men and dogs of the tracker units it is as an addendum to the Standing Orders of Roger's Rangers--the lessons, written in blood, which memorialized the unit's experience in the French and Indian War. What commanders did not consider was that, for the ordinary GI, the war consisted of "one step at a time". The continuum of survival consists of scanning the immediate six foot for trip wires and other anomalies. Then scan the jungle ahead "looking through the jungle windows of foliage" for possible ambush. Another, when practicable, when not on a track, stay off trails. Thank you Susan for a great read!! Herb Vest vest11944@gmail.com
• This is the only in depth book about the classified Combat Tracker Team program of the Vietnam war. The original training program began at the British Jungle Warfare School in Malaysia and later Fort Gordon, GA.. Those that attended the training were provided government passports that simply stated, "Abroad on an Official Assignment for the United States Government'. The book provides a detailed history of the teams, their locations and who was part of the program. If you want to know the behind the scenes story about the Combat Tracker Teams, you should get this book.