Expendable Elite: One Soldier's Journey into Covert Warfare

by Daniel Marvin, Douglas Valentine (Preface by), Kris Millegan (Foreword by)

Overview

Exposing the unique nature of the United States’ elite fighting force, this narrative reveals how covert operations are often masked to permit and even sponsor assassination, outright purposeful killing of innocents, illegal use of force, and bizarre methods in combat operations. Through this compelling memoir, the author reveals the fear these warriors share not of the enemy they have been trained to fight in battle, but of the wrath of the U.S. government should they find themselves classified as “expendable.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780977795314
Publisher:	Trine Day
Publication date:	08/01/2006
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second edition
Pages:	526
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Daniel Marvin is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces and former Green Beret who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He lives in Cazenovia, New York.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Introduction	ix
	Acronyms, terms and abbreviations	xiii
Chapter 1	Secret Orders	1
Chapter 2	Massacre West of Rach Gia	15
Chapter 3	A Tiger Named Le	29
Chapter 4	Taking The War To Cambodia	57
Chapter 5	A Test of Courage	93
Chapter 6	Wait for the Southern Wind	129
Chapter 7	The Shotgun	153
Chapter 8	We Almost Bought the Farm	163
Chapter 9	But They're Women, Sir!	169
Chapter 10	Hell's Fury Unleashed at Khanh Binh	217
Chapter 11	Victory at Khanh Binh	247
Chapter 12	Mission: Assassinate a Prince	257
Chapter 13	Apocalypse at An Phu	275
Chapter 14	We Fade Away	297
Chapter 15	A President's Fantasy is a Soldier's Curse	305
Epilogue Part 1	Official Denial and Subterfuge	311
Epilogue Part 2	Speaking With Forked Tongues: A Chronology of Subterfuge, Abandonment and Betrayal	319
Epilogue Part 3	Words of Pain, Anguish and Wisdom	325
	Afterword	329
	Map--Detal of the Vietnam - Cambodia border area near An Phu	330
	Appendices
1	Intelligence summary: 27 Dec 65	333
2	Facility, weapons and equipment status: 28 Dec 65	334
3	Mission and forces report: 28 Dec 65	335
4	Psychological Operations Estimate: Apr 66	336
5	Intelligence summary: 18 May 66	341
6	Cambodian newspaper article: 23 May 66	342
7	Intelligence report: 31 May 66	343
8	Civic action report: 31 May 66	344
9	Psychological operations report: 31 May 66	345
10	Weapons, ammunition and equipment status: 31 May 66	346
11	Operation Snuff Crown planning paper: 12 Jun 66	347
12	Operation Snuff Crown planning paper: 13 Jun 66	348
13	Intelligence summary: 13 Jun 66	349
14	Combat statistics: 1 Jan through 31 Jul 66	350
	Notes	351
	Index with pronunciation aide	355
	Special Operations Maps
1	South Vietnam Administrative Divisions	xviii
2	1 Jan 1966--Target Patterns	78
3	17 Jan 1966	100
4	6 Feb 1966--VC Actions--Relief Forces	126
5	8 May 1966--Capture of VC Terrorists	215
6	19 May 1966--An Phu Battle Map	Inside Covers
7	Overview of Operation "Snuff Crown" June 1966	269
8	Intel Summary--18 Jun 1966	285
	Photographs, 24 pages	363