nativity scenes
gone native an ncos story
on his first combat assignment green beret medic alan cornett accompanied the vietnamese rangers on a search and destroy mission near khe sanh . as part of ak squad he dressed in enemy uniform and roamed the deadly central highlands capturing high ranking vc officers in hot firefights and ambushes . it was there deep in enemy territory where the smallest mistake meant sudden death that the vietnamese fighting men earned his utmost respect and admiration . p while offering rare glimpses of an aspect of the war most of the military and media never saw cornett tells the full gutwrenching story of his vietnam . he also gives an unsparing view of himself telling a no holds barred story of an american soldier who made sacrifices far beyond the call of duty ... a soldier who in defiance of the u.s. government refused to turn his back on the vietnamese .
green beret medic alan cornett arrived in vietnam in 1966 and spent seven years immersed in the countrys culture and its people . he tells a no holds barred story of an american soldier who made sacrifices far beyond the call of duty refusing to turn his back on the vietnamese .