Tiger Force
A True Story of Men and War
Chapter One
1967
Even through the haze of smoke in the dimly lit lounge, Sam Ybarra
glimpsed Ken Green as he walked through the door. "Kenny, over
here!" shouted Ybarra over the music blaring from a tape deck.
Meeting, the two friends hugged as the other soldiers looked up from
their beers and shot glasses.
It had been nearly a year since they arrived in Vietnam, and this
was one of the few weekends the two could meet on a break. They'd
been waiting it out, and now at long last it was time to down beers
and later slip into the brothels that lined the streets of Kontum.
Green introduced Sam to two buddies, Leon Fletcher and Ed Beck. For
days, Ken had been telling them about his time with "Crazy
Sam"-cruising the streets of Globe, Arizona, in Green's blue 1964
Chevelle SS, guzzling Ripple with the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction"
crackling over the radio. And now, in this sad and near corner of
Southeast Asia, the two old friends were together again.
To most people, they were as opposite as they were close: Green was ... read full excerpt from Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War ebook
