Without artillery support, without reinforcements, they turned a suicide mission into a success.
Battered and depleted by the Vietcong guerrillas' sadistic style of warfare, allied intelligence unleashed their secret weapon: an experimental Army Special Forces unit that the government brass didn't know existed. They used the enemy's booby-trapped trails and grenade-in-you-backpack tactics in a sprawling mass of jungle.
James C. Donahue, a member of Operation Blackjack-31, chronicles the treacherous trek through War Zone D by thirteen handpicked Green Berets who infiltrated the VC's "secret zone" and proved just how far determination can go.
James C Donahue a member of a eite force with the Army Special Forces tells you of his wartime missions in Vietnam. Our own government did not know of this force within the Special Forces and of there missions and therefore did not acknowledge there existence. He and his team worked with Green Berets on many missions out from Special Forces camps.