Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for A Tiger among Us by Bennie G. Adkins - Wait list

A Tiger among Us

A Story of Valor in Vietnam's A Shau Valley

by Bennie G. Adkins
Katie Lamar Jackson
Audiobook
0 of 0 copies available
Wait time: Not available
Place a hold Listen to a sample Listen to a sample
0 of 0 copies available
Wait time: Not available
Foreword by Chuck Hagel, former Secretary of Defense and Senator from Nebraska
Adaptable. Cunning. Ferocious. Fearless. The Indochinese tiger is just one of the formidable predators roaming Vietnam's jungle. In 1966 a small band of US Special Forces soldiers—most especially Bennie Adkins—spent four grueling days facing down the "tiger" among them.
While the rain and mist of an early March moved over the valley, then-Sergeant First Class Bennie Adkins and sixteen other Green Berets found themselves holed up in an undermanned and unfortified position at Camp A Shau, a small training and reconnaissance camp located right next to the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, North Vietnam's major supply route. And with the rain came the North Vietnamese Army in force.
Surrounded 10-to-1, the Green Berets endured constant mortar and rifle fire, direct assaults, treasonous allies, and volatile jungle weather. But there was one among them who battled ferociously, like a tiger, and when they finally evacuated, he carried the wounded to safety. Forty-eight years later, Command Sergeant Major Bennie Adkins's valor was recognized when he received this nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor.
Filled with the sights, smells, and sounds of a raging battle fought in the middle of a tropical forest, A Tiger among Us is a riveting tale of bravery, valor, skill, and resilience.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 15, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781549168703
      • File size: 164031 KB
      • Duration: 05:41:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 26, 2018
      The heart of Adkins’s Vietnam War memoir is a blow-by-blow account of a vicious, four-day battle in 1966 in the densely forested and notoriously dangerous A Shau Valley. During his second tour, Adkins and his fellow Special Forces team members—along with Montagnard fighters and South Vietnamese Army Special Forces troops—battled a North Vietnamese Army infantry division that outnumbered them 10 to one. The Americans and their allies suffered heavy casualties at the hands of the NVA, who had help from the Viet Cong and some of the Green Berets’ own indigenous fighters, who turned against them. Adkins fought ferociously and fearlessly, killing scores of enemy troops, sustaining several wounds, and leading the other survivors to safety—all against almost unimaginable odds. He belatedly received the Medal of Honor (in 2014) for his extreme courage under fire. Though the prose is plain and undistinguished, the book will be of interest to those seeking tales of the hell combatants went through in Vietnam.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Loading