Foreword by Chuck Hagel, previous Secretary of Defense and Senator from Nebraska Adaptable. Shrewd. Ferocious. Brave. The Indochinese tiger is simply among the formidable predators roaming Vietnam’s jungle. In 1966 a little band of US Special Forces soldiers– most specifically Bennie Adkins– spent four difficult days facing down the “tiger” among them. While the rain and mist of an early March moved over the valley, then-Sergeant First Class Bennie Adkins and sixteen other Green Berets found themselves holed up in an undermanned and unfortified position at Camp A Shau, a little training and reconnaissance camp situated right beside the notorious Ho Chi Minh Path, North Vietnam’s major supply route. And with the rain came the North Vietnamese Army in force. Surrounded 10- to-1, the Green Berets endured constant mortar and rifle fire, direct attacks, treasonous allies, and unpredictable jungle weather. But there was one amongst them who battled ferociously, like a tiger, and when they lastly left, he carried the wounded to security. Forty-eight years later, Command Sergeant Significant Bennie Adkins’s valor was acknowledged when he received this nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Filled with the sights, smells, and noises of a raving fight combated in the middle of a tropical forest, A Tiger among United States is a captivating tale of bravery, valor, ability, and resilience.
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