Battle for the Central Highlands: A Special Forces Story

THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS—WHERE DANGER REIGNED SUPREME AND DEATH WAS A CONSTANT COMPANION

The fighting was fierce in the Central Highlands where Green Beret George Dooley served with elite Special Forces A-teams, training the rugged Montagnards in guerrilla warfare and accompanying them on patrols. The Viet Cong and NVA were entrenched in the sparsely populated Highlands, where towering mountains gave them the ruthless upper hand.

The missions Dooley led, often in enemy territory, provided a steady diet of sniping, ambushes, booby traps, and mines. As the war escalated, Dooley commanded his own A-team, and the battles against the large numbers of crack NVA troops became even more desperate and deadly. By then military command routinely assigned anything-but-routine missions to Special Forces and expected them to meet their objectives. BATTLE FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS details the unbelievable valor of these legendary American warriors. . . .

The Central Highlands--Where danger reigned supreme and Death was a constant companion.

The fighting was fierce in the Central Highlands where Green Beret George Dooley served with elite Special Forces A-teams, training the rugged montagnards in guerrilla warfare and accompanying them on patrols. The ruthless Viet Cong and NVA were entrenched in the sparsely populated Highlands, where towering mountains gave them the upper hand.

The missions Dooley led, often in enemy territory, provided a steady diet of sniping, ambushes, booby traps, and mines. As the war escalated, Dooley commanded his own A-team, and the battles against the large numbers of crack NVA troops became even more desperate and deadly. By then military command routinely assigned anything-but-routine missions to special Forces and expected them to meet their objectives. Battle for the Central Highlands details the unbelievable valor of these legendary American warriors...

George E. Dooley was born, raised, and educated in Chicago, Illinois.  At 17 he quit college to join the army, where he served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division.  He was selected for Special Forces training, and in February 1967, when he was a Sergeant First Class (E-7) he was commissioned as a second lieutenant.  While serving in the army, he completed a B.A. in political science (graduating summa cum laude); he later attained an M.A. in management.  He is also a graduate of the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC).