The Fifth Special Forces in the Valleys of Vietnam, 1967
by Douglas Coulter
"An Insider's Account"
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The Fifth Special Forces in the Valleys of Vietnam, 1967 Book Details
War:
Vietnam War
Perspective:
Special Forces
Military Unit:
US Army
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Page Count:
241
Published Date:
2023
ISBN13:
9781476690209
The Fifth Special Forces in the Valleys of Vietnam, 1967 Book Description
In 1966, U.S. Army Special Forces were pushed out of the A Shau Valley by the North Vietnamese Army. In 1967, Douglas Coulter, serving with the Fifth Special Forces Group, led five-man reconnaissance teams into A Shau to discover whether NVA and Viet Cong troops were marshalling for an attack on the ancient city of Hue. His clear-eyed memoir recalls nighttime helicopter insertions and deep-jungle patrols miles behind enemy lines, and reflects on the cruel narcissism of U.S. moral and military superiority as the underlying cause of the Vietnam War.