I read this book with keen interest as I've always wanted to know more about the Vietnam War than was fed to us by the mainstream media.

As a helicopter pilot training at Fort Rucker in the '80s, many of my instructors had combat flight time in the conflict. So, I had a natural curiosity to learn more.

With this riveting first-person-view account, Drew Dix delivers.

A true account of the fifty-six hour battle during the 1968 TeT offensive in Vietnam which resulted in the author being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. This battle is the vehicle used to describe the structure and mission of a highly sensitive, little known but successful program run by the Central Intelligence Agency using United States Army Special Forces and indigenous soldiers.

What stood out for me in the book was the enormous amount of responsibility Dix was given at a very young age, and how he lived up to that responsibility. This is a lesson for today's commander in the field.

This is a must read for any ground pounder out there, and should be a must read for infantry junior officers as well.

The book is highly recommended.

I was lucky enough to interview Dix on our 'War Stories' podcast some time ago.

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