02708cam a2200469 i 4500 545754482 TxAuBib 150722s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015451022 9780804139533 Paperback 0804139539 Paperback 9780804139519 hardback 0804139512 hardback (OCoLC)886483928 BTCTA eng BTCTA rda YDXCP BDX FLWMD UPZ CLE ABG OCLCF ZQP JP3 CDX DLC TxAuBib rda Blehm, Eric. Legend : a harrowing story from the Vietnam War of one Green Berets heroic mission to rescue a Special Forces team caught behind enemy lines / Eric Blehm. First edition. New York : B/D/W/Y CROWN publishers, [2015] xiii, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The unforgettable account of the U.S. Armys 240th Assault Helicopter Company and Green Beret staff sergeant Roy Benavidez, who risked everything to rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines"--Jacket. Includes index. 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. The author takes as his canvas 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. Benavidez, Roy P. United States Army. Vietnam War (1961-1975.) 1900 - 1999. Soldiers United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Commando operations United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Search and rescue operations Cambodia. Commando troops. Search and rescue operations. Cambodia. United States. History. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015451022-b.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1512/2015451022-d.html