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Kregg P.J. Jorgenson (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Ivy Books,U.S.; Reprint edition (1 Feb 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0804107920
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804107921
  • Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 1.8 x 17.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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The true-to-life story of a Ranger who volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry, racing to the aid of soldiers who faced the same dangers he had barely survived in the jungles of Vietnam. Whether enduring NVA sniper attacks, surviving "friendly" fire, or landing in hot LZs, Jorgenson discovered that in Vietnam you never knew whether you were paranoid or just painfully aware of the possibilities.

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Acceptable Loss
This book actually came out in paperback in 1990 and in 1996 won the Bernal Diaz Award for Best Military non-fiction. The hardcover editor was released in 1997 by the Military Book Club. I'm very pleased that it is still in print and pleased with the readers who have helped keep it in print.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Mr. Jorgensen's writing made all my own memories
come flooding back. The feel of the dust, heat,
rain, cold, all of it was there. The only thing I
didn't experience were the nightmares and feeling
of being extremely alone because I was reading
something from one who had been there. As I read,
I laughed, cried and remembered with fondness those that I had known and served with and would never forget. THANK YOU JORGENSEN.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the best personal accounts of the vietnam war.

Kregg Jorgenson is one of my heros, but also one of Americas, he
is decorated with the silver star, the bronze star and 3 purple
hearts
Kregg Jorgenson (KJ) tell his story how he lived it.

KJ started his service in Vietnam with the 1 cavalry division, while at the repo center he decided to join the Ranger company of the 1 cav; Hotel company.
After a short training period he started going out on patrols and soon got into his first firefight.
A short while later his partol got into a more serious firefight
that saw the ATL and his best friend killed in action and another
team member woundet, KJ and his teamleader performed admirable, getting the whole team extrated under fire while fighting off the NVA.
Even though that KJ felt that he had failed his teammates and his best friend, the division decidet that the Teamleader and KJ deserved the Silver star.
Having lost confidence in himself as a ranger, KJ decidet to quit the Rangers, he tranfered to A troop ( aka Apache) of the 1/9.
First he tried out the scouts, but his stomach could not handle the rollercoaster rides, he decides to join the infantry platoon of apache troop, the Blues.
Here he served as a squadleader, and he did not mind walking point, some said that he enjoyed it.
His service in apache troop got him inte several firefight, that saw him woundet two more times and earning a bronze star for valor.
He also had the disputed honor of being shoot on camera while in a shootout with a NVA pointman, KJ killed the NVA pointman but was hit in both legs during in the process.
so KJ had the "honor" of being called "the sarge who like to walk point", making him a national hero in an efternoon.

Acceptable loss is one of my favorite books, it is well written, many of the episodes in the books has been well documented in other books, KJ writes with a sarcasm and self ironi that offen makes you laugh, he makes his comrades in the blues platoon come alive and you get the feeling that you almost know them in person.
A very good books by any standart, go buy it, you will not regret
it.

Bo Hermansen

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Flashbacks! 8 Dec 1998
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Best book on Vietnam I've read! I could relate as I was a NCOC graduate from Ft. Benning and served in an Aero Rifle Platoon(Blue) with Apache Troop 7/1 Air Cavalry Squadron in Vietnam. Thanks Kregg for helping others otherstand what so many of us young impressionable guys experienced and carry with us daily. I've read several books on Vietnam experiences but this was the war as I saw it. It surely brought back lots of memories(good as well as not so good). Now my friends can get a better understanding of how it really felt to be there.
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Really good book
Bought this book thinking it was about helicopter flying, when it was about a solidier being transported in helicopters. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. A. Fox
Honest effort but not the best to come out of the conflict
Jorgenson has provided us with a biography of his first tour of Vietnam, including a stint in a Ranger LRRP unit as well as one in the Air Cavalry subsequent to that. Read more
Published 6 months ago by AK
Brilliant, would make a great film
I Loved this book so, so much,

The author started as a Ranger and whilst on patrol they got very seriously shot up which saw a number of them including his best friend... Read more
Published on 24 May 2007 by Sirwalter
Beautiful!
One of the best I have read. A story about youth and enthusiasm. But only at the beginning - then the real experience comes and changes the author for ever. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2007 by Rafal Gruszczynski
Fantastic
An excellent account from kregg Jorgenson. Decorated with the Silver and Bronze Star, along with 3 purple Hearts, this is a brilliant book about courage/bravery as well as fear... Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2006 by Adrian
You will not be disappointed
A very powerful and moving tribute, not only to a modest hero, but also the countless others who served on the frontline in Vietnam. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2006 by N. G. Harverson
Not bad if you can read through-past the authors EGO.
If you want a good feel for how different the Vietman conflict was from WWII, this is the book to read. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 1999
a great book; you can really get the feeling of being ther
i have read a lot of *nam books,and i can truly say this is a great book.you can also laugh your butt off many,many times while reading !!!
Published on 11 April 1999
great personal account that is well written
This book is well written & reads quickly.
Published on 21 Mar 1999
I laughed, I sweat ,I cried
Kregg P.J. Jorgenson story of the Air Cal Blues,LRRP,jungle warfare & the Vietnam War the way it really was is one reason why the Vietnam VET should be as proud of himself as... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 1999
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