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Large print book

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

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 921 B4569B (MBL)

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Edition

First Large Print edition.

Publication Information

[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2015]

Physical Description

xvi, 382 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Summary

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.

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.

Notes

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.

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