The Miles to Vietnam saga continues as First Lieutenant Jif Miles of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) enters the second half of his year-long tour in Vietnam. Fresh from its latest victory―the relief of Khe Sanh―1st Cav is sent to sweep North Vietnamese forces from the A Shau Valley, where Jif rises to the many challenges of commanding an artillery battery in the midst of chaotic combat. But he does more than polish his leadership skills; he begins to understand how the US effort in Vietnam is a full bloody circle , a deadly, never-ending cycle in which the Americans always find themselves back at square one, forced to engage a supposedly defeated enemy all over again, often on the same battlefields. The circle closes once more when, after another “Mission Accomplished,” 1st Cav suffers a crippling attack on its base camp, forcing Jif to ponder the Army’s future as well as his own.
The Miles to Vietnam saga continues as First Lieutenant Jif Miles of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) enters the second half of his year-long tour in Vietnam. Fresh from its latest victory―the relief of Khe Sanh―1st Cav is sent to sweep North Vietnamese forces from the A Shau Valley, where Jif rises to the many challenges of commanding an artillery battery in the midst of chaotic combat. But he does more than polish his leadership skills; he begins to understand how the US effort in Vietnam is a full bloody circle , a deadly, never-ending cycle in which the Americans always find themselves back at square one, forced to engage a supposedly defeated enemy all over again, often on the same battlefields. The circle closes once more when, after another “Mission Accomplished,” 1st Cav suffers a crippling attack on its base camp, forcing Jif to ponder the Army’s future as well as his own.