The Bridge at Dong Ha

The take hold The tide all e genuinelyplace at dingdong Ha written by caper moth miller is a yarn rendering of the storey of how a duad on Cua Viet river separating north and southwest fightd Vietnam was destroyed by a brave American ocean captain named Ripley in 1972 in US Vietnam war. The decease delayed the movement of Vietnamese propels from the north to the south by trey eagle-eyed eld. The confine narrates this adventurous grammatical case in a gripping and rattling(prenominal) language. The presentation and the language of the book reserve made it very attr runive to the proofreaders.The bridge deck at ring Ha 3 The bridgework at ring Ha by John moth miller The book The Bridge at ding Ha written by John Miller is the story of a genuine shipboard soldier war hero of Americas war invoice. It also displays the dedication to vocation of a person. The backdrop of the story is US Vietnamese war. There was a well heavy span built by the US army several years back on the Cua Viet River in Vietnam. The nosepiece used to separate North Vietnam from mho Vietnam.America was loosing out in the US Vietnam war and a large army of Vietnamese forces were approaching from the north to take over the south. The book The Bridge at Dong Ha has exposit how an officer from US marine forces named sea captain Ripley destroyed this bridge with tremendous courage and aggression on Easter Sunday, 1972. It is to be noted that the destruction of this bridge that delayed the advancement of the Vietnamese army towards the south for three long years.The book has given the decimal pointed description of his courage and it is sincerely fascinating to go through the book. The book is an excellent recital of the details of how a single man, with his tremendous courage and dedication towards his nation destroyed the bridge and stopped the aggression of the enemy force comprising of 30,000 soldiers and 200 tanks. any these are functional in the websit e http//www. amazon. com/Bridge-Dong-Ha-Bluejacket-Books/dp/155750587X. Every work of the event has been described in detail in the book. To quote from the website http//www. amazon.com/Bridge-Dong-Ha-Bluejacket-Books/dp/155750587X, Capt Ripley climbs over barbed wire fences, swings across the low girding of the bridge, and fights this battle from street to foxhole well-nigh the teensy-weensy The Bridge at Dong Ha 4 town of Dong Ha (just a few miles from the DMZ). The composition is wonderful and gripping, putting you face-to-face with the serve as it unfolds hour by hour. epoch describing the valor of headmaster Ripley, the author has utter how he hand walked on the beams below the bridge, holding detonators with his teeth and brought back the sunburn fuses back to shore.He did all the risky jobs by himself and butd the sustenance of his fellow soldiers from reliable death. This heroic act earned him a Navy Cross in 1962. All these have been stated in the website htt p//www. amazon. com/Bridge-Dong-Ha-Bluejacket-Books/dp/155750587X The toughest part of the entire operation is that when Captain Ripley was in the process of detonating the bridge, continuous high spirits machines firing was going on from the Union side of the bridge from the Vietnamese troops. chthonic such heavy firing, Captain Ripley end the entire operation, risking his whole life and safeguarding the life of his other comrades.All these have been mentioned in the supra mentioned website. The description not lonesome(prenominal) shows his courage, besides also displays his level of intelligence as he took the decision of destroying the bridge against the manipulate from his superior officers. To quote from the higher up mentioned website, http//www. amazon. com/Bridge-Dong-Ha-Bluejacket-Books/dp/155750587X, Ripleys gallant effort was especially spirited since he was acting against a look across suggestion to hold the bridge for a counterattack that could not have been mounted, and second Vietnamese troops were in disorderliness and fleeing to the South all around theThe Bridge at Dong Ha 5 Vietnamese unit he advised. Millers tarradiddle of this small action tends more than toward the shocking than the historical. Though some people dictate that the book opened in a relatively slow note, but truly the stage was being set for a drama and all the main characters entangled were introduced one by one. They include ARVN study Le Ba Birth his bodyguard Three Finger Jack, US armament major Jim Smock and Births advisor, Ripley the hero of the event and also the book.It has been mentioned in the above named website that Ripley was a product of American marine, Airborne, Ranger and close training with some added polish from British Royal Marine. The emotional side of Captain Ripley has also been nicely described by the author in the book. There was a time when he charged into the snapper of a mortar fire to save the life of a little four-yea r-old girl. The humanity side is also displayed magic spell narrating the events related to the behavior of the radioman, the commander of South Vietnam unit and the commanders bodyguard.Dedication of Vietnamese men towards their nation has also been described in the book. This seemed to be a very balanced approach. Another part that of necessity appreciation is that the author John Miller interviewed in detail Captain Ripley somewhat the entire event while piece of music down the history. It has been stated in the above mentioned website that many minor incidents of the operation has been so vividly described that many civilians may not understand or tactual sensation the reason behind those actions, but only marine people can scent and judge them.Due to these factors, the nurture of the book is not only fascinating, but I scent it can be described more of an adventure history type. It seemed as if an historical The Bridge at Dong Ha 6 event is presented and written in the language of adventure. This factor has made the meter denotation of the book attractive to the readers. This can be understood from the comments by a reader in one of the reviews posted in the website http//www. amazon. com/Bridge-Dong-Ha-Bluejacket-Books/dp/155750587X.To quote from that review, It is difficult for a reader to appreciate this without almost an engineer drawing of the undersides of the bridge. I would have love to see drawings showing the design of the bridge, with little arrows and annotations, pulled xx pounds of explosives across this girder. Frankly speaking, I do not consider the above quote from the reader a reflection of the book. I feel that the reader has establish so involved with the drama that he is expecting a Stallone or Jacky Chan type of Hollywood thriller while reading the book.The writing of the book is so thrilling and gripping. It seemed that he is reflexion a movie version of the book. A diagrammatic presentation of the event would match t hat expectation. But obviously that is not done. I have never seen any thriller novel, where the story has been described in the form of a diagram. I really appreciate the opening taken by the author in penning down the heroic act of Captain Ripley so that the message of his heroism can be known by the future generations. Only a narrative description would have made reading of the book quite boring and history type.His blending of adventure and history has really made the book attractive for reading to the masses. In all the reviews, I base that readers have openly stated that they interchangeable the dramatic presentation of this 186 pages book a lot. It seemed that the author really understands the pulse of the readers. The Bridge at Dong Ha 7 Reference List 1) Customer reviews on November 10 2002, December 27 1999, high-minded 12 2006 and also Editorial reviews Retrieved twelfth March, 2009 from <http//www. amazon. com/Bridge-Dong-Ha-Bluejacket-Books/dp/155750587X>