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<p> Gillam's writing is vivid as he describes the first time he killed a man when he and an NVA soldier fired upon each other from 20 feet, only Gillam did not miss. The war stories become more intense as he describes a one-on-one battle inside a tunnel in February 1970 where he was forced to beat a Viet Cong soldier to death only to realize after the fact by feeling his fallen foe's chest that it was probably a woman that he killed. . . . The intensity climaxes when Gillam is sent to Cambodia, where he is convinced he will not survive. Once again he participates in extreme combat that he describes in stunning fashion. -- Military History of the West

Gillam's writing is vivid as he describes the first time he killed a man when he and an NVA soldier fired upon each other from 20 feet, only Gillam did not miss. The war stories become more intense as he describes a one-on-one battle inside a tunnel in February 1970 where he was forced to beat a Viet Cong soldier to death only to realize after the fact by feeling his fallen foe's chest that it was probably a woman that he killed. . . . The intensity climaxes when Gillam is sent to Cambodia, where he is convinced he will not survive. Once again he participates in extreme combat that he describes in stunning fashion. -- Military History of the West

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JAMES T. GILLAM is professor of history at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds a doctorate in Chinese history from The Ohio State University and has served as editor of the Southeastern Review of Asian Studies. Gillam has published numerous essays for scholarly journals and contributed expert commentary on a History Channel documentary about tunnel warfare.

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