Bob MacDuff

This book was fantastic. I'm not sure about the ages of the people on here, but I am an original fan. I began reading them when I was a boy and fell in love with the realism, detail and character depth. This story I found great. What Pendleton wanted was to demonstrate a few things. First, the reason that this many combat buddies were willing to help, was because the bond in combat is unbreakable. Second, the number of guys had to be large enough to seem realistic in the face of the huge enemy numbers, and finally, they all die, because Pendleton wanted to show the tragedy of war. While Bolan lives the tragedy every day, this book was the beginning of many books that show the end of the tragedy for others.