Ebook: Rice paddy recon: a Marine officer's second tour in Vietnam, 1968-1970

"Using Marine Corps official unit histories, CIA documents, and weekly letters home, the author relies almost exclusively on primary sources in providing an accurate and honest account of combat at the small unit level. Of particular interest is his description of his assignment to the CIA as a Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) advisor in Tay Ninh Province"--;Back to Vietnam and the war -- Deja vu -- An Hoa; patrols redux -- Base area 112 -- The idylls of March -- The Arizona Territory -- Liberty Bridge -- The Que Son Mountains -- Hill 65 and the palace guard -- Qua's story: the life of a Viet Cong guerrilla -- The house on Doan Cong Bu Street -- The CIA embassy house -- First impressions -- Bad American policy; a new focus -- London interlude -- America's most valuable spy -- The Pru Winter Offensive of 1969 -- The Cambodian Invasion -- My war ends -- Epilogue.