Rice paddy recon

Description:

"Using Marine Corps official unit histories, CIA documents, and weekly letters home, the author relies almost exclusively on primary sources in providing an accurate and honest account of combat at the small unit level. Of particular interest is his description of his assignment to the CIA as a Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) advisor in Tay Ninh Province"--

subjects: Campaigns,  United States,  American Personal narratives,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  United States. Central Intelligence Agency,  United States. Marine Corps,  Marines,  Officers,  Biography,  Military intelligence,  United states, marine corps, biography,  United states, central intelligence agency,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, military intelligence,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives

Places: United States,  Vietnam,  Tây Ninh (Province)