The M.I.A.'s on Tiger Mountain

By KPBS Staff

Published August 5, 2015 at 11:11 AM PDT

This story was published more than 9 years ago.

The M.I.A's on Tiger Mountain plays during the GI Film Festival San Diego on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. — *The M.I.A's on Tiger Mountain* plays during the GI Film Festival San Diego on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Lieutenant Mike Sprayberry led a small group of volunteers on a harrowing nighttime rescue in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley.

Mike Sprayberry received the nation’s highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, for his heroic efforts that dark night in the A Shau.

But over the four subsequent decades since the rescue, Mike Sprayberry has remained determined to find the six lost men and bring them home, returning twice to Vietnam.

Description: In April, 1968, then-Lieutenant Mike Sprayberry of Delta Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army led a small group on a harrowing nighttime rescue in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley. Their mission: to save a platoon of infantrymen encircled, ambushed, and pinned down by superior North Vietnamese forces on the flank of Tiger Mountain. The rescue was successful–all of the survivors of the ambush were extracted–but the bodies of three fallen soldiers could not be recovered.

This film will be screened along with Breaking Through the Story of Larry Fivecoats and Jack Lyon, a local film showcase selection.

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Category: Documentary, Short, Vietnam

Playing: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Village Theatres in Coronado, 820 Orange Ave Coronado, CA 92118

Director: Norman Lloyd

Running Time: 52 minutes

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Rating: NR

Year Made: 2015

Country: USA

Official Website: candsfoundation.org

The M.I.A's on Tiger Mountain