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Trail to Redemption: Love and War in Vietnam
On a midsummer night in 1969 under a full moon, Richard L. Stevens helped capture a Viet Cong guerrilla leader named Hoang Thi Nu, the "Vietnamese Annie Oakley." What he saw her do that night, leaping into a river and running through gunfire, and what she endured afterwards in captivity, changed Stevens's mind about what humans are capable of, and about war. Stevens was the sole American advisor to a South Vietnamese unit of 105 "ex"-Viet Cong whose mission was to uncover enemy activity along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and this fast-paced, real-life adventure story captures the frenzied and fearful flavor of a war in which it was often difficult to know who the enemy was. Trail to Redemption is a story of betrayal, capture, interrogation, imprisonment and escape, and the intertwining paths of a Vietnamese woman warrior and a former U.S. Marine. Above all, it is a story of personal courage, love, and respect.
232 pages, Paperback
Published September 20, 2024
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October 15, 2023
a beautiful story
The war in Vietnam was more complex than any of us who weren’t there can possibly imagine. What struck me most about this book was the portrayal of humanity. We forget that in this thing called war, humans don’t just fight and die. They live and love and make personal history.
The war in Vietnam was more complex than any of us who weren’t there can possibly imagine. What struck me most about this book was the portrayal of humanity. We forget that in this thing called war, humans don’t just fight and die. They live and love and make personal history.
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