On his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team
Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance
Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and
Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon
companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of
the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas
controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
The companies never exceeded more than 30 Americans, yet they were
the best source for the enemy's disposition and were key to the US
military being able to take the war to the enemy. This was
accomplished by utilizing both new and innovative technology, and
tactics dating back to the French and Indian Wars. This small unit
racked up one of the most impressive records of awards for valor of
any unit in the history of the United States Army. It came at a
terrible price, however; the number of wounded and killed in action
was incredibly high. Those missions today seem suicidal. In 1970
they seemed equally so, yet these men went out day after day with
their indigenous allies - Montagnard tribesmen, Vietnamese, and
Chinese Nungs - and faced the challenges with courage and resolve.
This riveting memoir details the actions and experiences of a small
group of Americans and their allies who were the backbone of ground
reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
It became a cult classic among the Special Forces community when
first published over a decade ago.
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