{"product_id":"tiger-bravos-war-rick-st-john-9780998854212","title":"Tiger Bravo's War: An epic year with an elite airborne rifle company in the 101st Airborne Division's \"Wandering Warriors,\" at the height","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTiger Bravo's War \u003c\/em\u003efollows a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the elite 101st Airborne Division as portrayed in Stephen Ambrose's World War II best seller \u003cem\u003eBand of Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, during their first year of combat in the Vietnam War - from a bayonet charge in a legendary VC stronghold and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock \u0026amp; roll in the company mess hall, and much more. Thirty of their number would be killed in action and, collectively, they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought. Lastly, it is a soldier's tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo - the son a a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins the Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a safe job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had, and many others, each with their own unique story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick St John\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998854212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998854212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Currahee Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Rick St John","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047302197503,"sku":"9780998854212","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e81df279-1186-4b04-91d5-608c0a7e50b0.jpg?v=1684989428","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tiger-bravos-war-rick-st-john-9780998854212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}