Legend a harrowing story, from the Vietnam War, of one Green Beret's heroic mission to rescue a Special Forces team caught behind enemy lines

From the bestselling author of Fearless, the dramatic and unforgettable story of Roy Benavidez, a Green Beret in Vietnam who is known among special operations forces members today by a single word: "Legend." Legend tells the heroic story of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, and Benavid...

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Main Author: Blehm, Eric (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown Publishing, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: From the bestselling author of Fearless, the dramatic and unforgettable story of Roy Benavidez, a Green Beret in Vietnam who is known among special operations forces members today by a single word: "Legend." Legend tells the heroic story of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, and Benavidez's nearly suicidal rescue mission that saved eight lives and ultimately earned Benavidez a nomination for the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xiii, 288 pages : maps, illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780804139519 :
0804139512
Author Notes: Eric Blehm is the bestselling author of Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team Six Operator Adam Brown and The Only Thing Worth Dying For , which recounts the story of the first Special Forces A-team to infiltrate Taliban-held southern Afghanistan weeks after 9/11. Both titles were New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. His book The Last Season was the winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and was named by Outside magazine as one of the 10 "greatest adventure biographies ever written." Blehm lives in southern California with his wife and children.