Join Garner, Dodge and the rest of Recon Team (RT) Iowa as they venture "over the fence" to stem the flow of North Vietnamese along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Hours of tension as they move into areas "denied" to the US military alternate with fierce firefights; back at Kontum, the Green Berets let their wild exuberance run wild as the first sergeant of reconnaissance makes repeated, often doomed attempts to ensure the teams' success - and survival. First published in 1990, this classic account of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group (MACV-SOG), was written as a novel by a veteran of RT Iowa to bring his experiences and those of his fellow MACV-SOG members to a wider audience at a time when their service and sacrifices were little known. The small, close-knit reconnaissance teams - each consisting of three US soldiers and five to seven local allies - carried out some of the most dangerous missions of the Vietnam War. They operated for hours or days in areas controlled by the North Vietnamese to gather vital information about the enemy's disposition. The unit received many honours, but also suffered extremely high casualties.
