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Excellent Book. I hesitated in reading it because I wanted to savor the text. It went by too quickly though. Two sittings and it was gone. The humor he puts in is so real. You can really relate if you've ever done anything difficult and start making jokes in your mind. For example when his captors gave him a radio and he listened to it:
"..and US ARMY Pilot Mike Durant is still being held as a prisoner"
his thoughts: thanks, I knew that.
Absolutely hilarious. Only a soldier or a person in a very bad situation comes up with humor like that and it touches you. I felt a little weak when the part about Hell's Bells was done. I'm not ashamed to admit that. So rarely can we feel like that. Reading it reminded me of Five Years to Freedom, both from his references to it and the style of writing. Very, very good.
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BS6's Dude
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| Most EXCELLENT book... For another take that makes it a little more "real," I also recommend the Audio Version, which is read by Mike Durant himself. Imagine what you've read in the book being spoken aloud by the guy it happened to - Pretty good stuff! On another note, reference a previous comment: I can DEFINITELY picture some "Batt Boys" saying they felt like "road guards for Delta." Not that I know anything about it... 
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Intergallactic leprechaun hunter
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Went through RS with Gary Gordon in my class. I didn't really know him but I think about what he did every time I look at the class picture on my wall.
 When life sucks....make it swallow! "Modify the wedge! First squad! Bound!....."
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