A tiger among us : a story of valor in Vietnam's A Shau Valley / Bennie G. Adkins, CSM (US Army, ret.) and Katie Lamar Jackson ; foreword by Chuck Hagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adkins, Bennie G., 1934-2020, author.

Jackson, Katie Lamar, author.

Contributor:

Hagel, Chuck, 1946- writer of introductory text.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medal of Honor--Biography.

Medal of Honor.

A Shau Valley (Vietnam)--History--20th century.

A Shau Valley (Vietnam).

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Reconnaissance operations, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Commando operations--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Vietnam--A Shau Valley.

Genre:

Biographies.

Nonfiction.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 206 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Da Capo Press, 2018.

Summary:

"While the rain and mist of an early March moved over the valley, then-Sergeant First Class Bennie Adkins and sixteen other Green Berets found themselves holed up in an undermanned and unfortified position at Camp A Shau, a small training and reconnaissance camp located right next to the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, North Vietnam's major supply route. And with the rain came the North Vietnamese Army in force. Surrounded 10-to-1, the Green Berets endured constant mortar and rifle fire, direct assaults, treasonous allies, and volatile jungle weather. But there was one among them who battled ferociously, like a tiger, and when they finally evacuated, he carried the wounded to safety. Forty-eight years later, Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins's valor was recognized when he received this nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor."--Amazon.com.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0306902028

9780306902024

OCLC:

1003305760