On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1968, 22-year-old Green Beret Tom Ross was serving as an intelligence and operations officer in South Vietnam when three Montagnard tribesmen arrived at an outpost asking for help. Their village had spent years under Viet Cong control, and one of the men, Mong Quang, feared his wife and children would be killed if he returned without help.
Ross, author of Privileges of War: A Good Story of American Service in Vietnam, shares the story of how he and his fellow servicemen organized a dangerous rescue mission deep into enemy territory, eventually bringing roughly 165 villagers to safety. We'd like to thank the Atlanta History Center for allowing us access to this audio, originally a part of their ongoing Veterans History Project.
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