Ben Hai 211 Alpha is a war story that describes the truth of the horrors of war.  A  dedicated career soldier faces his first combat assignment in Vietnam and experiences the disintegrating discipline, drug use, operational failures and the open hostility of American troops to their senior leadership.

Ben Hai 211 Alpha is a war story that exposes the truth about the war in Vietnam and tells what front-line leadership and life was like from the trenches. You feel the daily horrors of war as you face enemy artillery and mortars; the leadership challenges, and the myriad actions needed to advance your radar detachment to countless victories over a determined and professional foe that keeps replenishing itself. 

You see your life threatened daily by enemy forces, by actions and inactions of your own troops and by your senior officers that try to win the war from the rear.  You survive the physical and emotional tolls as they transform you into a professional soldier.