December 1967 richard burns had just arrived in vietnam as part of the fourteen man 101st pathfinder detachment within just one month during a holiday called tet the communists would launch the largest single attack of the war and he would be right in the thick of it in vietnam richard burns operated in live or die situations risking his life so that other men could keep theirs. 7 richard burns had just arrived in vietnam as part of the fourteen man 101st pathfinder detachment within just one month during a holiday called tet the communists would launch the largest single attack of the war and he would be right in the thick of it . Pathfinder book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers december 1967 richard burns had just arrived in vietnam as part of the fourtee. December 1967 richard burns had just arrived in vietnam as part of the fourteen man 101st pathfinder detachment within just one month during a holiday called tet the communists would launch the largest single attack of the war and he would be right in the thick of it . Pathfinder mass market first in last out a memoir of vietnam by richard r burns ballantine books 9780804116022 416pp publication date february 26 2002