411K views · 10K reactions | US Troops patrolling the Mekong Delta in Vietnam aboard patrol air cushion vehicles in 1966. | Task & Purpose | Facebook

1967 — Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division crossed a river near Long An in the Mekong Delta using a local sampan. In the swamps of Vietnam, survival meant adapting, and brotherhood carried them through. 🇺🇸 #VietnamWar #9thInfantryDivision #MekongDelta #BrothersInArms #NeverForget #HeroesOfVietnam 👉 Do you want me t | Lily's

In the dense jungles of Vietnam's Mekong Delta in 1963, First Lieutenant James "Nick" Rowe, a young Special Forces officer fresh from West Point, served as an advisor training South Vietnamese forces against the Viet Cong. During a routine patrol on October 29, his small team was ambushed, leading to his capture along with two comrades. Confined for over five years in harsh conditions often in a tiny bamboo cage in the notorious U Minh Forest—Rowe endured torture, disease, and isolation. He surv