“I just read Then All Hell Broke Loose and it brings back a lot of memories and feelings. The pictures took me right back to Vietnam and with them came the smells and memories both good and bad. I was there. I served with Foxtrot 2/7 from late May 1968 until I was medevacked in May 1969… The author had a lot more opportunity to move around, visit different units, record for posterity our environment and had a much better understanding of the bigger picture of what was going on. He saw so much more than the average grunt and has done a great job of portraying our lives at that time. He has expanded on a lot of our emotions and tribulations during and after our tours that a lot of us experienced… Most, if not all, Marines who served can relate to everything in this book."

—M/Sgt. John Decker, USMC (Ret.), Vietnam veteran, USMC Drill Instructor, Logistics, Vice President of the 1st Marine Division Association - /Rocky Mountain Chapter, MBA - Regis University at Denver, CO

“If it's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, we owe our understanding of war to combat photographers, those assigned to document or illustrate wars have a unique and impactful perspective that was honed to a razor sharp edge in Vietnam. Vastly misunderstood but crucial to insights regarding the often controversial combat we experienced in Southeast Asia is the work of men like former Marine Combat Photographer Dennis Fisher. He was one of a handful of brave young enlisted men who tirelessly accompanied the grunts on large or small combat operations in an effort to insure the efforts of our American fighting men did not go undocumented or unnoticed. Fisher's debut book, appropriately titled Then All Hell Broke Loose, provides a stirring - often chilling - look at how he and others captured some of the images that have come to define the war in Vietnam for generations of Americans. If you've ever wondered who these guys were and how they survived deadly missions while focused on a camera viewfinder, Dennis Fisher's book will provide the answers.”

—Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.), decorated Marine Corps combat correspondent in Vietnam, actor, filmmaker, and author of Run Between the Raindrops

“Dennis Fisher’s book is a powerful tribute to combat photography, capturing the 1st Marine Division’s operational history in Vietnam and his gripping account of documenting each maneuver battalion’s many battles that he traced in 1967–68. He documented the line units of our 1st Bn, 27th Marines in April of 1968. His writing places the reader into the action, where he and his fellow Marine photographers & journalists along with the grunts they were covering faced instant chaos and death at some of the most inopportune moments. Places, firefights, ambushes, and times come alive, transporting the reader back to that distant war. A must-read addition to the United States Marine Corps' rich history.”

—Grady T. Birdsong, USMC (Ret.) –Veteran Advocate, Vietnam Veteran, retired Telecom/Network Systems Executive in technical sales, marketing & business development, and Author of To the Sound of the Guns

“Then All Hell Broke Loose is a young Marine’s diary and recollections of his experiences during the Vietnam War. Fisher provides a fascinating story including photographs from the viewpoint of a junior enlisted man.  His perspective is that of the “grunt” who wasn’t privy to the “why” from leadership but like his fellow Marines only responded to their orders...  This book transports the reader into the life of a young man making life decisions… The book captures in riveting detail how they trudged through the jungle enduring oppressive heat, hidden land mines, and sudden enemy ambushes… He describes in compelling detail his final months photographing Marines as they continue the fight against the Viet Cong enemy.”

—Ken Hackman, Chief Photojournalist of the Air Force (Ret.), Vietnam veteran, “The Godfather” of military visual information, winner of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) 2013 Joseph A. Sprague award and the “The Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service

“In his insightful memoir Then All Hell Broke Loose, Dennis Fisher offers the reader a window into the unique role of the Marine combat photographer. During Fisher’s eighteen month tour in Vietnam his mission took him from the street fighting of Hue City to operations in the jungled mountains west of the Arizona Territory, and the experiences he shares are vivid and emotionally moving.”

—Captain Dan Guenther, USMC (Ret.), served in Vietnam 1968-1970 and author of China Wind