the Ballad of a Green Beret
Trained by Special Forces, Ron Latham served as an army medic, light weapons expert, and a friend and nurse to presidents. A “tunnel rat” and tough as nails, he fought in the highland jungles of Vietnam, facing many close calls and receiving many medals. Yes, Ron had stories to tell.
However, the stories recounted in these pages are not the stories Ron told to get a good laugh at a party. In this book, Ron tells the hard parts. From his heart, with candor and incredible recall, he portrays both the gut-wrenching agony and the sidesplittingly humorous parts of the Vietnam War, as he experienced them.
Taken from recordings during the last few days of his life, Four Ugly Ambush is Ron’s book.
But if you are a wife, parent, child, neighbor, or friend of anyone who fought in the Vietnam War, this book was also written for you.