title: Grunts: The American Combat Soldier in Vietnam
author:  Kyle Longley 
description: "A monument to the Vietnam veteran. It is more than a compilation of some of the best anecdotes of the war. It is an exhaustively researched and analyzed work, and a logical starting point for those who wish to understand soldiers' and marines' experiences in a war that many people still struggle to fathom." --Army History, Spring 2011
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  The wounded man staggered forward, then fell
  
  
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  Cheetah Luis knelt over the fallen fighter. “What happened to the others?” he
  demanded.
  
  
  “Cannies took them all. The living and the dead. Dragged off into the swamp…”
  
  
  “Did you see the live prisoners? Did you see them get taken away?” Ryan asked.
  
  
  The dying man nodded, but as he did so, his eyes fluttered shut and his chest
  stopped heaving. Ryan leaned down and grabbed the man’s chin. When he squeezed
  hard, the fighter opened his eyes wide.
  
  
  “Did you see a black woman and a pale-skinned man? Were they taken prisoner?”
  
  
  “Cannies took them both. Man’s in bad shape.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Other titles in the Deathlands saga:
  
  
  Time Nomads
  
  
  Latitude Zero
  
  
  Seedling
  
  
  Dark Carnival
  
  
  Chill Factor
  
  
  Moon Fate
  
  
  Fury’s Pilgrims
  
  
  Shockscape
  
  
  Deep Empire
  
  
  Cold Asylum
  
  
  Twilight Children
  
  
  Rider, Reaper
  
  
  Road Wars
  
  
  Trader Redux
  
  
  Genesis Echo
  
  
  Shadowfall
  
  
  Ground Zero
  
  
  Emerald Fire
  
  
  Bloodlines
  
  
  Cro