In 1971 reporter Alec Shimkin discovers a secret US-led military campaign: Operation Speedy Express. This discovery may reveal war crimes on an immense scale. Yet nobody knows about Alec’s scoop, who went missing-in-action in Vietnam himself. In Alec’s footsteps, Soldier’s Bones searches for Speedy’s deadly echo in the Mekong Delta.
In 1971 Newsweek-reporter Alec Shimkin (27) discovers a secret US-led military campaign: Operation Speedy Express. He exposes war crimes on a scale that makes the widely known My Lai massacre pale by comparison. Yet almost nobody knows Alecs scoop, who himself is still missing-in-action in Vietnam. What Pulitzer-worthy story have we missed here? In the trail of Alecs quest and his childhood obsession for war, the documentary ‘Soldier’s Bones’ searches for Speedy’s deadly echo in the Mekong Delta.
