Last stand at Khe Sanh : the U.S. Marines' finest hour in Vietnam / Gregg Jones.

By: Jones, Gregg, 1959-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014Edition: First Da Capo Press editionDescription: xx, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780306821394 (hardcover)Subject(s): United States. Marine Corps -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | Khe Sanh, Battle of, Vietnam, 1968DDC classification: 959.704/3450973 LOC classification: DS557.8.K5 | J66 2014
Contents:
Death in the tall grass -- The Battle of Hill 861 -- Khe Sanh Combat Base -- The Battle of Khe Sanh Village -- Muscle Shoals -- The walking dead -- "Should we withdraw from Khe Sanh?" -- "Hell in a very small place" -- The Battle of Hill 861 Alpha -- "Tanks in the wire" -- The Battle of Hill 64 -- "We are not going to be defeated at Khe Sanh" -- "What the hell is out there?" -- "Proud to be a marine" -- Super gaggle -- "Why are you leaving us to die?" -- "A military challenge unprecedented in this war" -- "I just came from hell" -- "Bitter hardships and blood" -- "If there is a god, why would he let good men die" -- "We made them pay" -- Breakout.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Death in the tall grass -- The Battle of Hill 861 -- Khe Sanh Combat Base -- The Battle of Khe Sanh Village -- Muscle Shoals -- The walking dead -- "Should we withdraw from Khe Sanh?" -- "Hell in a very small place" -- The Battle of Hill 861 Alpha -- "Tanks in the wire" -- The Battle of Hill 64 -- "We are not going to be defeated at Khe Sanh" -- "What the hell is out there?" -- "Proud to be a marine" -- Super gaggle -- "Why are you leaving us to die?" -- "A military challenge unprecedented in this war" -- "I just came from hell" -- "Bitter hardships and blood" -- "If there is a god, why would he let good men die" -- "We made them pay" -- Breakout.

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