Defending Against the Ambush: Lesson hard learned by a Vietnam soldier

Hard learned lessons from a Vietnam Veteran on how to defend against ambushes. Avoiding the Kill Zone, proper vehicle spacing, anti-ambush training and other techniques. Learn how ambushers think and their techniques so you can outwit them. The author survived three ambushes, avoided many others. "I brought all my men home safely. This is how I did it".
The author was also the first army captain to ever be awarded the Legion of Merit.
"We were building schools in poor rural villages to show the Vietnamese our intent to help them. The villagers loved it, we loved our work, but the local Viet Cong desperately tried to destroy us in order to halt our program. They ambushed us with a regularity, so we learned to outsmart them."