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Jack Dragoni

Veterans News and Views

Jack Dragoni attended Boston College and served in the U.S. Army in Berlin and Vietnam. He resides in Chaffee, Missouri.

'Outlaw Platoon': Lessons from war

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

I read quite a few military history books and many discuss wars from a strategic perspective. My own interest is primarily how the soldiers who do the fighting handle the extreme situations war places them in, and one thing I have learned is there are writers who are able to accurately describe war through those soldiers' eyes.

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