Operation Embankment: The OSS In Cochinchina - 1945

by Pierce Rhoads

The circumstances surrounding the death of the first American soldier in Vietnam, Major A. Peter Dewey, are shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Dewey was the leader of an elite OSS unit, which arrived in Saigon in early September 1945. Three weeks later, he was murdered in an ambush on the day he was supposed to return to OSS Detachment 404 Headquarters in Candy, Ceylon. His body was never recovered and the group, which assassinated him, has never been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B093RKFSNJ
• ISBN13: 9798746820600
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 562 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"