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Hunting With Tigers
Eugene Basilici  More Info

Genio
Eugene B Basilici  More Info

Legacy of a Hero
Eugene Basilici  More Info

Barinelli's War
Eugene B Basilici  More Info

According to the book description of Hunting with Tigers, “During the Vietnamese War, a Washington-approved sanctuary for enemy troops in Laos and Cambodia is a recipe for disaster, but a covert CIA operation made up of Special Forces volunteers deemed expendable, penetrates the borders and neutralizes the enemy’s advantage. The Green Berets, Rick Barinelli, Warren Fahey, and Bob Akamura, make a pact: If any one of them goes missing, the others will commit to, “rescue, ransom, or revenge.”

 

Barinelli, conflicted with a growing passion for a beautiful Vietnamese woman, Ai Dao, gains distinction for intel successes that disrupt the Tet Offensive and becomes known to the enemy as “the Gray Ghost”. Hanoi orders General Wong to capture or kill him regardless of cost, and the brilliant and sadistic Wong spins an elaborate trap. He orchestrates the kidnapping of Ai Dao, but captures the headstrong Akamura instead. Now, against harrowing odds, it’s up to Barinelli and Fahey to attempt their rescue.

 

Racing to a shattering climax, Hunting With Tigers illustrates how ordinary men can rise to acts of selfless heroism within the savagery of war.”

Eugene Basilici enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean War.  Eugene Basilici is the author of Barinelli's War; Genio; Legacy of a Hero; and, Hunting with Tigers.

 

According to the book description of Genio, it “is the story of a shepherd, a poor and unschooled Italian boy, caught up in the greatest mass migration in modern history: the emigration of four million Italians to North and South America. Swept along in this flood of humanity, Genio lands in Brazil, and scratches and claws his way to a position of power and influence. Distracted by the patrician beauty of the young Maria, swept up in the passion of the mixed-blood, Trinita, he hazards everything for the sake of his fellow immigrants. But tragedy destroys his whole world. Turning his back on Brazil, Genio sails to New York, determined to re-build his life in a new land.”

 

According to the book description of Barinelli's War, “The Korean War rages in Southeast Asia. Every night the North Koreans hurl themselves against the outnumbered Americans who hold the Pusan Perimeter, and every night the overextended defenders are thinned even more.  Into this maelstrom lands Rick Barinelli, a teenager fresh out of Basic and is thrown immediately onto the front line. A natural leader with an innate understanding of combat, he’s able to command and hold the all-important “Bowling Alley” sector. Barinelli’s successes on the battlefield earn him quick promotions.

 

The Inchon landing relieves the pressure on Pusan and Barinelli’s platoon takes the point for an American offensive. At Hungnam, they’re ordered to the rear and reorganized as a reconnaissance company, while the Army’s Tenth Corps and First Marine Division advance to the Chinese border.  But a quarter-million Chinese secretly infiltrate the mountain passes and surround the Americans with orders to annihilate them all. The only escape route is along a narrow road past the Chosin Reservoir through the Funchilin Pass to Hungnam and safety. The Funchilin must be held. But when Barinelli’s company commander suddenly disappears, the survival of over twenty thousand men falls on him.

 

With fewer than two hundred men under his command, Barinelli faces the pressures of leadership in battle. More importantly, he learns of faithlessness and heroism and the inner gauntlet each soldier must pass through to survive.”

 

According to the book description of Legacy of a Hero, it “is the remarkable story of Genio Basilici, legendary patriarch of an Italian community near Boston. In 1946, he sends his son, Enrico, to Italy to find and assist family members in the aftermath of war. Alternating with his son's search and harrowing escape from a Neapolitan street gang and his brief but passionate affair with Graciella, Genio relives his arrival in America at the turn of the century in flashbacks of memory. It was a time when virulent prejudice and constant, anti-Italian hate campaigns forced him to step forward in defense of his countrymen; the time of the Great Depression, of Sacco and Vanzetti and the anarchist movement. It was a time when a huge influx of non-English speaking immigrants flooded our cities and sparked a firestorm of resentment. It was an incendiary era when ordinary individuals rose to extraordinary heights. It was a time to remember.”

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