Acceptable Loss: An Infantry Soldier's Perspective

Kregg P. Jorgenson

Aug 2010 · Sold by Presidio Press

About this ebook

In just ten months in Vietnam, he was overrun, shot up, but not underworked—he survived fifty-four missions as point man. He has one hell of a story to tell.

You didn't get into the Rangers without volunteering, and you didn't stay on point unless you liked it. But after watching most of his buddies die in a firefight when his LRRP team was overrun by the NVA, Kregg Jorgenson 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.

Whether enduring NVA sapper 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.

Ratings and reviews

A frank account of one man's life in what must have been a living he'll in Vietnam. Well written, it keeps the reader on the edge of their seat the whole way through.

If you want to really know how it was like to walk point or to be in an air assault platoon during Vietnam then read this book. Mr. Jorgenson tells it like it was in combat, the loss of friends and the camaraderie that you expect to find in elite units along with the sometimes macabre sense of humor one might expect from seeing death on a daily basis.

Well-written and entertaining war stories by a decorated hero who started out as a LRRP and then switched to be point man for the Blues. Highly recommended, as are Jorgy’s other excellent books on the war.

About the author

Kregg P. Jorgenson served in Vietnam with Company H, Rangers, and later with Apache Troop, the 1st Squadron of the 9th Cavalry. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and City University of Seattle. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.