The Parrot's Beak: U.S. Operations in Cambodia

Larry Healey, USAF Combat Intelligence, Retired
...a tribute to our past, our deeds, our glories and sorrows...


Book Description
In the summer of 1969, while on his second tour of duty in Vietnam, Paul Morgan was assigned to the Headquarters, Military Assistance Command in Saigon. His duties included briefing General Creighton Abrams and his staff on combat operations throughout Southeast Asia. He also conducted numerous debriefings of soldiers involved in some of the war's most clandestine missions. Like the top-secret incursions into the Parrot's Beak. The Parrot's Beak is a chunk of Cambodia situated at the end of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, less than 35 miles from Saigon. During the war with France, the Viet Minh communist guerrillas built a sophisticated tunnel and cave complex impervious to aerial bombardment and artillery. The complex quartered thousands of soldiers and held tons of supplies and materiel. It was from this deadly labyrinth that the Tet Offensive of 1968 was launched, sending thousands of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars across the border in a failed attempt to capture the South Vietnamese capital. And it was there, in the spring of 1970, where a story of heroism and brutal combat was about to unfold. Though some names, dates, and details have been changed to protect the identity of those involved, the incredible events in The Parrot's Beak actually happened. The reader will have to judge as to whether or not they should have


About the Author
Paul Morgan enlisted in the US Army at the age of 19 and became a Green Beret with the 82nd Airborne. In 1965, he was sent to Vietnam as an advisor to Vietnamese airborne and ranger units. Although never officially assigned to a K-9 unit, he traded a pistol and a set of rosary beads to a French priest for a German Shepherd named Suzie--a dog that saved his life on more than one occasion. His love of his K-9 companion led to his first book, "K-9 Soldiers: Vietnam and After," a true story of his experiences on patrol with his dogs Suzie and Bear in the jungles of Vietnam, as well as other tales of war dogs and their hero handlers. His book and military belongings are displayed in Fort Benning's Military Museum and he has appeared on Good Morning America, Animal Planet, the Discovery Channel and others. After twenty years of running a successful K-9 security business, Paul retired and currently divides his time between New York and Florida.


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