| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 288 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Street kid from Cuero -- "Look sharp, be sharp, go Army!" -- The darkest white -- Green Beret -- The secret war -- Anatomy of a mission -- Welcome to Detachment B-56 -- Over the fence -- The launch -- As bad as it gets -- Daniel Boone tactical emergency -- If someone needs help-- -- Last chance -- Deliverance -- Mettle for medal. |
| Summary |
The author takes as his canvas the Vietnam War, as seen through a single mission that occurred on May 2, 1968. A twelve-man Special Forces team had been covertly inserted into a small clearing in the jungle of neutral Cambodia--where U.S. forces were forbidden to operate. The team did not know they had infiltrated a section of jungle that concealed a major enemy base. |
| Subject |
Benavidez, Roy P.
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United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- 20th century.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Commando operations -- United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Search and rescue operations -- Cambodia.
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Commando troops.
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| ISBN |
9780804139519 |
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0804139512 |
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9780804139526 (eBook) |
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