The Greatest Hero America Never Knew.: The Extraordinary Life of Robert Lewis Howard, Professional Soldier.

The "Greatest Hero" is the only soldier nominated three times for the Congressional Medal of Honor (MOH) for three separate acts of extraordinary heroism all in enemy controlled terrain. He is Sergeant Robert Lewis Howard, USA Special Forces (SF). He received the MOH and every Valor award an Army soldier may earn, as well as eight Purple Hearts.
His feats were more extraordinary due to the unique conditions in which he served. During the Vietnam War, Sergeant Howard was a member of an ultra-secret unit called Special Operations Group (SOG). This unit conducted covert combat operations deep behind enemy lines in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam. These ultra secret operations were officially disavowed by the government.
Sergeant Howard for 28 months, accompanied by a few SF "Green Berets" and indigenous soldiers, conducted reconnaissance patrols "over the fence" into the enemy's rear areas. Patrols made all the more daunting by SOG having no support from conventional infantry, artillery, engineer or armor units. Once SOG helicopters inserted the patrols, they were alone, and on their own, in the enemy controlled jungles and mountains. Their missions were to surveil and/or interdict the enemy's supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Their effectiveness caused the enemy to execute all SOG soldiers and aviators captured. No SOG MIAs ever return.
The book details the combat actions that earned Sergeant Howard the MOH and his other six awards for Valor.