Exposing the unique nature of the United States’ elite fighting force, this narrative reveals how covert operations are often masked to permit and even sponsor assassination, outright purposeful killing of innocents, illegal use of force, and bizarre methods in combat operations. Through this compelling memoir, the author reveals the fear these warriors share not of the enemy they have been trained to fight in battle, but of the wrath of the U.S. government should they find themselves classified as “expendable.”Table of Contents:Introduction -- 1. Secret orders -- 2. Massacre west of Rach Gia -- 3. A tiger named Le -- 4. Taking the war to Cambodia -- 5. A test of courage -- 6. Wait for the southern wind -- 7. The shotgun -- 8. We almost bought the farm -- 9. But they're women, sir! -- 10. Hell's fury unleashed at Khanh Binh -- 11. Victory at Khanh Binh -- 12. Mission: assassinate a prince -- 13. Apocalypse at An Phu -- 14. We fade away -- 15. A president's fantasy is a soldier's curse -- Epilogue pt. 1. Official denial and subterfuge -- Epilogue pt. 2. Speaking with forked tongues: a chronology of subterfuge, abandonment and betrayal -- Epilogue pt. 3. Words of pain, anguish and wisdom -- Epilogue pt. 4. Shocked! ... but not forsaken -- Epilogue pt. 5. Trials and ...