The first in a series about the battle of Dien Bien Phu. Bix, a farm boy, and Chau, a Vietnamese, meet in the south. Chau suggests Bix join the French Foreign Legion and fight for his country. The books finally come together under one volume, Siege at Dien Bien Phu.

This is volume three in a series on the siege at Dien Bien Phu. In this book, Chau learns what it is to be Vietnamese.