We Few
U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam
by Nick Brokhausen
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Pub Date Apr 02 2018 | Archive Date Apr 02 2018
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Description
This riveting memoir details the actions and experiences of a small group of Americans and their allies who were the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. On his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The companies never exceeded more than 30 Americans, yet they were the best source for the enemy’s disposition and were key to the US military being able to take the war to the enemy, by utilizing new and innovative technology and tactics dating back to the French and Indian Wars.
Brokhausen’s group racked up one of the most impressive records of awards for valor of any unit in the history of the United States Army. It came at a terrible price, however; the number of wounded and killed in action was incredibly high. Those missions today seem suicidal. In 1970 equally so, yet these men went out day after day with their indigenous allies - Montagnard tribesmen, Vietnamese, and Chinese Nungs - and faced the challenges with courage and resolve.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"Although teams of specially trained commando troops who go behind enemy lines began conducting secret missions as far back as WWII, Special Forces, as they’re now commonly called, didn’t start attracting major media attention until the First and Second Gulf Wars. In this riveting account of his own role in these elite military units, Brokhausen shows how often they were used and how brutally effective they were during the Vietnam War, when he belonged to a small squadron dubbed Recon Team Habu. In the early 1970s, his crew led raids and intelligence-gathering operations in enemy-controlled areas of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Mostly composed of indigenous tribal Vietnamese soldiers, the teams regularly suffered horrific casualties yet brought back critical information about guerrilla troop movements that immeasurably aided the U.S. war effort. In colorful, military-jargon-laced prose leavened by gallows humor, Brokhausen pulls few punches describing what it was like to navigate remote jungle terrain under the constant threat of enemy fire. A smartly written, insider’s view of one rarely seen Vietnam War battleground."
-Booklist
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781612005805 |
| PRICE | $32.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Joy W, Educator
A memoir of the Vietnam war that conveys, as much as possible, a full experience. There is a masterful balance between horrific scenes/events and less intense, sometimes even humorous episodes.
As the book progressed, I got the sense of really knowing these guys in all of their rebellious, troublemaking, heroic ways. They did what they had to do to stay alive and keep themselves sane in the process. Brokhausen minces no words; the book is raw and irreverent, and is a fitting tribute to the men who did jobs that mere mortals cannot fathom.
