Covert Warrior: A Vietnam Memoir

Covert Warrior: A Vietnam Memoir
ISBN-10
0671014307
ISBN-13
9780671014308
Category
Espionage, American
Language
English
Published
1998-04
Author
Warner Smith

Description

During the Vietnam War, the ClA created and trained small teams of elite fighting men reconnaissance and covert combat patrols in the areas where the American military were forbidden to operate. These patrols operated in North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and even mainland China. Cryptically they were known as FRAM 16, and their super-secret story has never been told -- until now. -- This account of Smith's Vietnam days is rich in suspense and adventure, replete with stories of secret intelligence missions that went unrecorded by reporters...(a) spine tingling story -- Publishers Weekly

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