Legend

Description:

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.

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,  United states, army, special forces,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, cambodia

People: Roy P. Benavidez

Places: United States,  Cambodia

Times: 20th century