We Few, Nick Brokhausen
We Few, Nick Brokhausen
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We Few
US Special Forces in Vietnam

Author: Nick Brokhausen

Narrator: George Spelvin

Unabridged: 14 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/30/2018


Synopsis

A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War

In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls "an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity," undertook some of the most dangerous and suicidal reconnaissance missions ever in the enemy-controlled territory of Cambodia and Laos. But they didn't infiltrate the jungles alone. They fought alongside the Montagnards—oppressed minorities from the mountain highlands, trained by the US military in guerilla tactics, armed, accustomed to the wild, and fully engaged in a war against the North Vietnamese. Together this small unit formed the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam, racking up medals for valor—but at a terrible cost.

About Nick Brokhausen

Special Forces veteran Nick Brokhausen joined the Studies and Observations Group (SOG) on his second tour in Vietnam, and took part in some of the most dangerous missions of the war, deep in enemy territory. After Vietnam, Brokhausen has led an interesting life, which has included work in security projects in a number of countries. He now runs a tech company and an armoring company.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on March 01, 2021

I have read We Few by Nick Brokhausen. I really don't know where my interest for the conflict in Vietnam comes from. I started out like most boys with WW2 stuff and soon went into WW1 and other wars but found my self fascinated with the Vietnam war. I have lost count of the number of books I have re......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 17, 2018

As Kenn Miller, author of Tiger the Lurp Dog has observed, the US Special Forces have contributed more good books to the military canon than any other unit. This is the cherry on that particular Sundae. For its unparalleled mordant GI humor We Few could aptly be subtitled The Angel of Death's Comedy......more

Goodreads review by KB on April 06, 2020

Count me among the reviewers who find the author's style of constant joke-telling and kidding around annoying. I can understand that that's what it was like being in the SOG group, but after about the 100th time in book format it gets really grating. Overall it's an interesting read, but some of the......more

Goodreads review by Bob on January 27, 2021

A good insider report on Special Forces operations in Vietnam, ranging from cross-border operations by CCN and the traditional SF mission of working the locals, in this case the Montagnard mountain people.......more

Goodreads review by David on August 28, 2019

We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam by Nick Brokhausen (Casemate Publishers 2018) (959.7043). This is an excellent memoir which provides a behind-the-scenes look at the day-to-day operations of U.S. Special Forces soldiers on the ground in Vietnam. These guys are known coloquially as “snake eater......more