John F. Bauer's West of Pleiku   The Infrantryman's Novel
based on a true story
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View the Book CoverAll Col. Brock Danforth wanted to do was fly in, give his battered company a morale boost, and fly out. He knew the zone was hot, but his capture by the North Vietnamese Army and his trek north toward the Hanoi Hilton was way more heat than he thought possible. Racing against time, Army Command sends out a crafty Green Beret to lead a team up the Ho Chi Minh Trail deep into the Central Highlands to get the colonel back. But wily NVA Major Luc Ninh won’t be denied his prize, a bargaining chip at the Paris Peace Talks.