Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

On May 2, 1968, a twelve-man Special Forces team covertly infiltrated a clearing in the Cambodian jungle to gather evidence of North Vietnamese Army supply operations along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Unaware they had entered a major enemy base, the team soon found themselves surrounded by hundreds of NVA soldiers, under heavy attack, and running low on ammunition. When Special Forces Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez received their distress call, he boarded a helicopter from the 240th Assault Helicopter Company headed to the combat zone. Flown into battle, Benavidez jumped from the aircraft and ran nearly 100 yards through enemy fire. Despite being immediately and severely wounded, he organized the defense and rescue of the trapped team. Based on extensive interviews with family members, surviving members of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, and recently declassified military records, this narrative covers both Benavidez's life and career and the events that defined the bond between air and ground warriors during the Vietnam War.