"Survivors of the Uwharrie selection course then underwent careful psychological scrutiny and evaluation," (p. 124).

"See, Sergeant, you really haven't told me anything. Think a few minutes and tell me some of your unique skills...PAUSE...'Sir, I'm pretty good with locks.' 'You are? How good?' 'Call So-n-So and ask him,' 'I will. You're dismissed,'" (p. 125).

"Plei Mei during the siege. Major Charles Thompson (lower right corner) talks to a forward air controller who is circling above the camp. A napalm strike has just been brought in on the north slope," (p. photographic leaf between pages 54 & 55).

"The Vietnamese began to want to walk too fast, to take shortcuts, to move through some open areas," (p. 60).

"He wanted to kill some bad guys and he wanted to look good," (p. 61).

"Our concept of a low-visibility counterterrorist action was viewed as a nonilluminated night attack involving a...