Special Men: A LRP's Recollections

Special Men: A LRP's Recollections

A recipient of two Purple Hearts gives readers an inside view of US Army special forces through his own trial by fire during the Vietnam War.

Days before he was drafted in 1962, Dennis Foley volunteer…

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