U.S. Army Special Forces
Vietnam Era
Green
Berets at War : U.S. Army Special Forces in Southeast
Asia, 1956-1975 - Shelby L. Stanton - Stanton
presents the authoritative history of a renowned,
though unorthodox, fighting formation--the Green Berets.
The Army's Special Forces forged a legend of combat
valor and battlefield success through the tropical
swamps and deep jungles of Southeast Asia over more
than a decade of fighting. Stanton also discusses
the misuse of Special Forces, their man-power problems,
and more.
Tan
Phu : Special Forces Team A-23 in Combat - Leigh
Wade - Leigh Wade was a radio man for Special Forces
Team A-23, a 12-man unit sent to Tan Phu, a hell on
earth in the Mekong Delta. With unique insights into
special operations and counterguerrilla warfare from
a Special Forces veteran, this book includes also
information on the capture of two Special Forces soldiers--one
of whom is James Rowe, author of Five Years to Freedom.
Assault
on Dak Pek : A Special Forces A-Team in Combat, 1970
- Leigh Wade - In the early hours of April 12, 1970,
the NVA brutally attacked the Special Forces A-team
camp at Dak Pek, seizing more than half the base--including
the high ground and its 106mm recoilless rifle--plus
the surrounding valley and mountains. Twenty kilometers
south, at Dak Seang, another huge concentration of
NVA was attempting to overrun the Special Forces camp
there. Now it was time for the Americans to fight
back.
Team
Sergeant : A Special Forces Nco at Lang Vei and Beyond
- William T. Craig - The son of a career enlisted
man, Bill Craig was a hard-bitten Korean War veteran
and Special Forces brawler. In Vietnam, they called
his kind of soldier a snake-eater. Now here is Craig's
unvarnished account of a military career that catapulted
him to team sergeant, the pinnacle of achievement
for a Special Forces operator. It also took him to
the trough of anger and despair. For during Tet 1968,
his camp at Lang Vei was overrun by NVA. A nearby
force of Marines refused to come to the camp's aid--even
though the NVA had parked a Soviet tank on Craig's
command bunker and the enemy was dropping grenades
down the air ducts.
Mobile
Guerrilla Force : With the Special Forces in War Zone
D - James C. Donahue - The member of an
experimental Army Special Forces unit of Green Berets
in Vietnam chronicles its treacherous mission through
a heavily defended parcel of Vietcong territory and
describes its remarkable guerrilla tactics.
Hard
to Forget : An American With the Mobile Guerrilla
Force in Vietnam - Steven M. Yedinak
The
Green Beret Magazine Series: 1966-1970 - Stephen
Sherman (edited by) - This is a complete collection
of all 52 monthly magazines published in Vietnam by
5th Special Forces Group. An index of more than 6000
entries will help you locate references to specific
people or camps. If you served with Special Forces
you may contact me at sherman1@flash.net or (713)
683-9076 and help add to MAGGIE, the mutha of all
SF databases, including 25,000 people who served in
SF and SOG in SEA Asia.
The
Green Berets in Vietnam, 1961-71 - Francis J.
Kelly
War
Stories of the Green Berets; The Viet Nam Experience
- Hans Halberstadt
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