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We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam by Nick Brokhausen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam about?

A Green Beret’s gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls “an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity,” undertook some of the most dangerous and suicidal reconnaissance missions ever in the enemy-controlled territory of Cambodia and Laos. But they didn’t infiltrate the jungles alone. They fought alongside the Montagnards—oppressed minorities from the mountain highlands, trained by the US military in guerilla tactics, armed, accustomed to the wild, and fully engaged in a war against the North Vietnamese. Together this small unit formed the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam, racking up medals for valor—but at a terrible cost. “In colorful, military-jargon-laced prose leavened by gallows humor, Brokhausen pulls few punches describing what it was like to navigate remote jungle terrain under the constant threat of enemy fire. A smartly written, insider’s view of one rarely seen Vietnam War battlegr

Who reads We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam?

Author

Nick Brokhausen

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published

2018

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, War & Espionage

Rating

4.6 / 5 (1,887 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14