Hamlet — Eric Helm

The Tet offensive has drawn U.S. troops and their ARVN strikers away from the hamlets, leaving the villagers open to attack by Communist forces. When a small settlement is overrun by the Vietcong, U.S. Army Special Forces Captain Mack Gerber and a team of Green Berets are dispatched to investigate. Gerber discovers that the residents were left to defend themselves with obsolete weapons provided by withdrawing U.S. troops. The Vietcong strategy is clear: plant some spies to sabotage the American effort and supply information to the Communist assault force concealed in the nearby jungle. With his highly trained shock squad, Gerber constructs a defense perimeter, then settles down to wait for nightfall and the second Vietcong attack, which he knows must come...