Battle for the Central Highlands: A Special Forces StoryTHE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS--WHERE DANGER REIGNED SUPREME AND DEATH WAS A CONSTANT COMPANION The fighting was fierce in the Central Highlands where Green Beret George Dooley served with elite Special Forces A-teams, training the rugged Montagnards in guerrilla warfare and accompanying them on patrols. The Viet Cong and NVA were entrenched in the sparsely populated Highlands, where towering mountains gave them the ruthless upper hand. The missions Dooley led, often in enemy territory, provided a steady diet of sniping, ambushes, booby traps, and mines. As the war escalated, Dooley commanded his own A-team, and the battles against the large numbers of crack NVA troops became even more desperate and deadly. By then military command routinely assigned anything-but-routine missions to Special Forces and expected them to meet their objectives. BATTLE FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS details the unbelievable valor of these legendary American warriors. . . . |
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... troops carried heavier loads than we did , but seldom traveled as far as we normally went . They were much more dependent on helicopter resupply , getting at least one resupply each day ; we usually went three days before needing a ...
... troops carried heavier loads than we did , but seldom traveled as far as we normally went . They were much more dependent on helicopter resupply , getting at least one resupply each day ; we usually went three days before needing a ...
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... troops about . So my first ride ever in a helicopter was in an H - 34 to Support Group , my new unit in the 101st . I expected to be assigned to the 426th Supply and Transport Company , but that was not to be . Support Group of the ...
... troops about . So my first ride ever in a helicopter was in an H - 34 to Support Group , my new unit in the 101st . I expected to be assigned to the 426th Supply and Transport Company , but that was not to be . Support Group of the ...
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... clearing platoons , and fifteen en- listed swine from Evac . " Yet despite his arrogant attitude , most of his troops loved him . * * * The only Ranger School allocations that came to Support Group BATTLE FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 19.
... clearing platoons , and fifteen en- listed swine from Evac . " Yet despite his arrogant attitude , most of his troops loved him . * * * The only Ranger School allocations that came to Support Group BATTLE FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 19.
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... troops and units with the personnel people was the personnel staff NCO . I enjoyed the job and met a lot of good people , but I still wanted to go to Special Forces . I would get there eventually , but not for another year . Many of the ...
... troops and units with the personnel people was the personnel staff NCO . I enjoyed the job and met a lot of good people , but I still wanted to go to Special Forces . I would get there eventually , but not for another year . Many of the ...
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