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Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam Audiobook
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In a gripping, moment-by-moment narrative based on a wealth of recently declassified documents and in-depth interviews, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the remarkable drama that unfolded over the final, heroic hours of the Vietnam War. This closing chapter of the war would become the largest-scale evacuation ever carried out, as improvised by a small unit of Marines, a vast fleet of helicopter pilots flying nonstop missions beyond regulation, and a Marine general who vowed to arrest any officer who ordered his choppers grounded while his men were still on the ground.
Drury and Clavin focus on the story of the eleven young Marines who were the last men to leave, rescued from the U.S. Embassy roof just moments before capture, having voted to make an Alamo-like last stand. As politicians in Washington struggled to put the best face on disaster and the American ambassador refused to acknowledge that the end had come, these courageous men held their ground and helped save thousands of lives. Drury and Clavin deliver a taut and stirring account of a turning point in American history that unfolds with the heart stopping urgency of the best thrillers—a riveting true story finally told, in full, by those who lived it.
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"This book was riveting. Those of us from the Baby Boomer generation will remember that Saigon fell on April 30, 1975. This book will take you through the final days, the historic airlift of people fleeing the country, and the final US military members who were the last to leave the US Embassy."
— Maureen (5 out of 5 stars)
Last Men Out Listener Reviews
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" Chaos and heroism as Saigon falls. "
— Bill, 1/11/2014 -
" This is a nonfiction book that reads like a novel. I was born after the Vietnam War ended and this book does an excellent job of describing the US Governments screw-ups there. "
— Liz, 12/14/2013 -
" Good read. Very detailed account of the last hours in Vietnam. Thoroughly researched and documented. "
— Bill, 11/29/2013 -
" Nonfiction can be incredibly suspenseful if you've never heard the whole story. This book is a dramatized version that reads more like fiction. Page turner. "
— Diane, 4/16/2013 -
" Pretty good tale of the last American Marines to leave Vietnam in 1975. "
— Jason, 2/15/2013 -
" Last days of Vietnam from the soldiers' perspective--great! "
— Janette, 5/5/2012 -
" Cheerleading for forgotten Marine guards at the Saigon embassy. "
— Dariggle, 12/12/2011 -
" Really, really good. Scary how we almost left Marines in Vietnam. "
— Keith, 10/26/2011 -
" Fantastic read on a period of the Vietnam war that tends to be glossed over compared to Tet, the Easter offensive, etc. It is written in an almost blow by blow manner. Easy to follow even though it jumps between characters somewhat frequently, but it's very concise. "
— Jesse, 7/28/2011 -
" Strong recitation of the last few days of US presence in Saigon. "
— Larry, 6/7/2011
About the Authors
Bob Drury, a Men’s Health contributing editor and chief military correspondent, has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur, among other sites. He is also the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous nonfiction books, including The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of US Marines in Combat, and the recipient of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s 2010 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for nonfiction.
Joe Knezevich is an audiobook narrator and award-winning actor. He earned a BFA in acting from Florida State University and studied in London. In addition to his work on the stage, he has appeared in many roles on the small screen and in film, including in The Change Up, Parental Guidance, 42, The Last of Robin Hood, and Allegiant.
About Bronson Pinchot
Bronson Pinchot, Audible’s Narrator of the Year for 2010, has won Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards, AudioFile Earphones Awards, Audible’s Book of the Year Award, and Audie Awards for several audiobooks, including Matterhorn, Wise Blood, Occupied City, and The Learners. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale, he is an Emmy- and People’s Choice-nominated veteran of movies, television, and Broadway and West End shows. His performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night was named the highlight of the entire two-year Kennedy Center Shakespeare Festival by the Washington Post. He attended the acting programs at Shakespeare & Company and Circle-in-the-Square, logged in well over 200 episodes of television, starred or costarred in a bouquet of films, plays, musicals, and Shakespeare on Broadway and in London, and developed a passion for Greek revival architecture.