Chasing Charlie: A Drive Recon Marine in Vietnam

Richard Fleming served as a scout with the elite U.S. Marine 1st Drive Reconnaissance Firm in the course of the bloodiest years of the Vietnam Struggle. Dropped deep into enemy territory, Recon relied on stealth and shock to finish their mission–providing intelligence on enemy positions and conducting raids, prisoner snatches, and ambushes. Fleming’s absorbing memoir recounts his transformation from idealistic recruit to cynical veteran because the struggle claimed the lives of his buddies and the missions turned ever extra harmful.