Legend

a harrowing story from the Vietnam War of one Green Beret's heroic mission to rescue a special forces team caught behind enemy lines

382 pages

English language

Published 2015 by Random House Large Print.

ISBN:
978-0-8041-9474-7
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OCLC Number:
887846855

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From the bestselling author of Fearless, the dramatic and unforgettable story of Roy Benavidez, a Green Beret in Vietnam who is known among special operations forces members today by a single word: "Legend." Legend tells the heroic story of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, and Benavidez's nearly suicidal rescue mission that saved eight lives and ultimately earned Benavidez a nomination for the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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.

4 editions

Subjects

  • Campaigns
  • United States
  • Medal of Honor
  • United States. Army
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Search and rescue operations
  • United States. Army. Special Forces
  • Commando operations
  • Biography
  • History

Places

  • United States
  • Cambodia