
In the Mouth of the Dragon
On his second tour in Vietnam, U.S. Army Captain John Haseman served 18 months as a combat advisor in the Mekong Delta''s Kien Hoa Province. His detailed memoir gives one of the few accounts of a district-level advisor''s experiences at the "point of the spear." Often the only American going into combat with his South Vietnamese counterparts, Haseman highlights the importance of trust and confi...
On his second tour in Vietnam, U.S. Army Captain John Haseman served 18 months as a combat advisor in the Mekong Delta''s Kien Hoa Province. His detailed memoir gives one of the few accounts of a district-level advisor''s experiences at the "point of the spear." Often the only American going into combat with his South Vietnamese counterparts, Haseman highlights the importance of trust and confi...
