the U.S. Marines' finest hour in Vietnam Jones, Gregg 1959- creator text bibliography mau 2014 First Da Capo Press edition. monographic eng

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xx, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm 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. Gregg Jones. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-vt--- n-us--- United States. Marine Corps History Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Khe Sanh, Battle of, Vietnam, 1968 DS557.8.K5 J66 2014 959.704/3450973 9780306821394 (hardcover) 2013045206 DLC 131114 20190502000207.0 17941948 eng