MWSA Book Review

Black Knight Alfa – The Most Feared Infantry Company

Author:  Fred Steen

Publisher:  Janus Publishing

Reviewer: Bill McDonald – President of the MWSA

The Most Feared Infantry Company in Vietnam!

Former Army sergeant Fred Steen uses his memories and experiences of his own three tours of duty in Vietnam to create a war novel called “Black Knight Alfa.” There are many novels written about that war but few have the ring of truth as does this so called book of fiction—which is based mostly on real situations and people. The author chooses to tell his story as a novel and took a few liberties to ensure that real people  could be identified. For the most part, huge chunks of the story are real which makes reading it more interesting and well—more believable.

This is a good way to learn something about what some infantry units were like during that war without reading some dry history book or boring memoir. It is worth an afternoon or two to spend some time reading. It may give you some insights on veterans of that war and why they may think as they do today. Fred Steen provides the reader with foot notes and a glossary to make the experience even more complete.