Along the Way: A Green Beret shares stirring stories of those he met and those who supported him in Vietnam - Tet 1968

Uplifting stories of American dedication and service during an unpopular war. What is was like to fight the Vietnam war and those you meet along the way while trying to survive the experience.

History

Ross, Thomas A.

Military

American Heritage Publishing

Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers

"Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers" describes the evolution of a young American from carefree college student to seasoned military adviser in South Vietnam at the height of the war in 1968.Seasoned by his experiences and inspired by courageous and selfless men and women he met along the way, at age twenty-two, Tom Ross was called upon to lead a daring rescue mission deep into enemy territory.After three brave mountain villagers escaped the enemy captors, who had enslaved and abused them for years, they made their way to one of Special Forces Detachment A-502's isolated outposts. There, the American advisers at the outpost placed an urgent call to A-502's Operations and Intelligence officer, 1st Lieutenant Tom Ross.Reaching the outpost, the lead villager, Mang Quang, begged the young lieutenant for help in rescuing his family and the other families held hostage. Responding to the villager's passionate plea for help, Tom planned and led a rescue team deep into enemy territory and the remote mountain jungle of Vietnam. Flown to the village by the 281st Assault Helicopter Company and guided by Mang Quang, mist was still rising from a steamy jungle when the team launched a blazing attack early the next morning. Before the mission was complete, Tom and his small remaining team would become cut off and stranded. Rescue of Tom and his team would fall to others who would risk their lives to save his.On August 13, 1968, Walter Cronkite reported the story of the rescue on the CBS Evening News. 165 men, women and children had been freed as a result of the daring and extremely dangerous rescue mission in - the Valley of the Tigers.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

"Along the Way" is a collection of exciting, uplifting stories about wartime service during one of the most negative and controversial periods in American history. Soldiers did not commit the U.S. military to war in Vietnam. However, they did bear the brunt of that commitment on both foreign battlefields and in their own hometowns when they returned. Not only did the soldiers fight battles against an enemy who hated them, but upon returning home they often faced countrymen who seemed to hate them as well.The great majority of the more than three million men and women who spent time in Vietnam were decent people who either felt they were fulfilling their patriotic duty or simply believed they were serving their country. Most of them were young, either still in or scarcely out of their teens when they were asked to shoulder heavy responsibility and face life-and-death situations, some of them on a daily basis. I know, I was there . . . and, as a military adviser, I was one of those soldiers. "Along the Wat" is a firsthand account of the many acts of selfless heroism and courage I witnessed during my tour of duty as a military advisor in a surprisingly picturesque Southeast Asian nation.Along the Way addresses neither the politics of the war nor the conflict itself, but depicts some of those who were there and shows the spirit-lifting manner in which they served. It is a detailed, action-filled account that will give readers a real, often frightening, idea of what it was like to be on the ground, or in the air over the Vietnamese jungle during that conflict.

"Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers" describes the evolution of a young American from carefree college student to seasoned military adviser in South Vietnam at the height of the war in 1968.\nSeasoned by his experiences and inspired by courageous and selfless men and women he met along the way, at age twenty-two, Tom Ross was called upon to lead a daring rescue mission deep into enemy territory.\nAfter three brave mountain villagers escaped the enemy captors, who had enslaved and abused them for years, they made their way to one of Special Forces Detachment A-502's isolated outposts. There, the American advisers at the outpost placed an urgent call to A-502's Operations and Intelligence officer, 1st Lieutenant Tom Ross.\nReaching the outpost, the lead villager, Mang Quang, begged the young lieutenant for help in rescuing his family and the other families held hostage. Responding to the villager's passionate plea for help, Tom planned and led a rescue team deep into enemy territory and the remote mountain jungle of Vietnam.\nFlown to the village by the 281st Assault Helicopter Company and guided by Mang Quang, mist was still rising from a steamy jungle when the team launched a blazing attack early the next morning.\nBefore the mission was complete, Tom and his small remaining team would become cut off and stranded. Rescue of Tom and his team would fall to others who would risk their lives to save his.\nOn August 13, 1968, Walter Cronkite reported the story of the rescue on the CBS Evening News. 165 men, women and children had been freed as a result of the daring and extremely dangerous rescue mission in - the Valley of the Tigers.

Privileges of War: Good stories of American service in Vietnam

Privileges of War is a collection of positive stories about wartime service during one of the most negative and controversial periods in American history. While the stories told here are relatively simple and straight forward, they also have the power to change viewpoints, opinions, and even lives.Soldiers did not commit the U.S. military to war in Vietnam. However, they did bear the brunt of that commitment on both foreign battlefields and in their own hometowns when they returned. Not only did the soldiers fight battles against an enemy who hated them, but upon returning home they often faced countrymen who seemed to hate them as well.Few Americans who served in Southeast Asia were pot smoking, cursing, killing machines, as they have too often been portrayed. The great majority of the more than three million men and women who spent time in Vietnam were decent people who either felt they were fulfilling their patriotic duty or simply believed they were serving their country. Most of them were young, either still in or scarcely out of their teens when they were asked to shoulder heavy responsibility and face life-and-death situations, some on a daily basis. Privileges of War is a firsthand account of the many acts of selfless heroism and courage I witnessed during my tour of duty as a military advisor in a surprisingly picturesque Southeast Asian nation.PART I of this book documents day-to-day life in Vietnam, which could be both gut-wrenching and exhilarating. PART II presents the obscure and relatively unreported story of the Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers: a life-saving mission mounted by a small group of daring Americans determined to give the gift of freedom to inhabitants of a mountain village who the Vietcong had held and used as slaves for more than eight years. The story exemplifies the characteristically American traits of resourcefulness, integrity and courage that demonstrate the true nature of those who represented our country on the Vietnam battlefield.This book is offered as a vital piece of the American historical puzzle that has been largely missing, until now.

Historical

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Along the Way: A Green Beret shares stirring stories of those he met and those who supported him in Vietnam - Tet 1968

Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers

Along the Way: A Green Beret shares stirring stories of those he met and those who supported him in Vietnam - Tet 1968

Rescue in the Valley of the Tigers

Privileges of War: Good stories of American service in Vietnam