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Casca – A Blast From The Past

I like to bring the Casca books up every once in awhile because they were such a big part of my adolescence.

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Did you read this book like I did? If so, did you know that the Casca images by artist Darrel Millsap on the cover of every title were based on this photo of author Barry Sadler?

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And, did you know that Special Forces Veteran Barry Sadler also wrote and performed the song “The Ballad of the Green Berets” which hit Number 1 on the charts in the Spring of 1966?

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Although Sadler passed away in 1989 of complications following a gun shot wound, the Casca-series of books are still being produced.

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11 Responses to “Casca – A Blast From The Past”

  1. Hubb says:

    My parents would buy all of the Casca series books when I was growing up…they were awesome.

  2. John says:

    Available on kindle, on iTunes as audiobook, sometimes eBay will hav the entire series for sale. Barry Sadler books are the best but the new author is pretty decent.

    • Steve says:

      Great tip on the Kindle/iTunes sources. Never thought to look there–thanks!

  3. Gerard says:

    Sadler was talented but his life after the military was messy

  4. Chalky says:

    Someone at work was letting me borrow the series, one at a time to read. I was on book 5 or 6 and the arsehole gets fired. Little did I know that those books are almost impossible to find. The are true page turners, I’d love to own a set of my own!

  5. Disco says:

    “As you are, so shall you remain until I return!”

    I remember reading these a lot as a youth. The part where he was in the ER in ‘Nam was far out. He’d been a Centurion, a Barbarian, a Pirate, a Wehrnacht Tanker, and a SOG in ‘Nam.

    Life well lived

  6. Joe T. says:

    THEY PLAYED HIS SONG AT SEVERAL USASOC EVENTS AT BRAGG. A VERY
    MOVEING NUMBER.

    • Gerard says:

      His song help bring so much public awarness to the SF. My cousin owned a copy of it and we loved listening to it.

  7. TonyR says:

    Latest Casca novel was published just a week ago and is abont Custer’s Last Stand. See it here http://www.casca.net/shop/casca-books/55-casca-46-the-cavalryman.html

  8. Whiskey says:

    Thank you for putting this up here. I had never heard of this series, and I am enjoying it now “free” thanks to my subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Perfect sort of book for the lunch break.