01- Jungle Warriors – the book – now in audio
A Special Foreward to the Audio version of the Book - by Fred Castaneda [6:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Content for Promo of the Audio version of the book: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis is the first episode of the Austin Chapter of the national organization known as the Combat Infantrymen’s Association.
In memory of the Combat Infantrymen who fought, died or were injured or MIA during the Vietnam war, Bobby Briscoe (who is commander of the Austin chapter – Southern Branch) has written a book that was completed in 1996 called Vietnam- The Jungle Warriors, a True Story.
This book by Bobby Briscoe, will soon be available in audio form. It will be available in an audio podcast format, with individual 1-to-1 RSS feeds to each individual who would want to subscribe to it.
This mp3 audio episode gives you the special Foreward to the audio version of the book by Fred Castaneda, a former combat infantryman (who was the “pig-man” or the m.60 machine-gunner) during the Vietnam War who was also in the Americal Division (with the 4/31st Infantry of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade) and who also served in the Quang Ngai province of I Corps in South Vietnam. The beginning of this Foreward contains a 60-second audio clip from the recorded video prologue of a dramatic work called Tracers, which was performed at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, in 2002–and this play was a story of a combat infantry line unit and the Vietnam experience.
Fred delivered both the prologue and epilogue to the dramatic stage play; his photo is shown, below, while he was in Chu Lai inbetween missions in “the bush.”
As you will hear, this foreward and the book are both dedicated to those brothers-in-arms of all the campaigns since World War II who have earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge (CIB), especially those during the Vietnam War.
You can hear a brief summary of the book, which also serves as a podcast promo:
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To learn more about the book or how to get it via audio download on the Internet or in paperback hardcopy, please click here for the web page of The Jungle Warriors- A True Story or visit
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