Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir

“Black smoke drifted about the scene. The first thing I noticed was the huge crater yawning next to the damaged truck.”

In the Vietnam War, American “rough riders” drove trucks through hostile territory delivering supplies, equipment, ammunition, weapons, fuel, and reinforcements to troops fighting on the war’s ever-shifting front lines. But, all too often, the convoys themselves became the front lines.

Frank McAdams, a Marine Corps lieutenant, learned that the hard way during a tour of dut...