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Item Details
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WEST DICKENS AVENUE
A MARINE AT KHE SANH |
| By: |
John Corbett |
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Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0891418350 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780891418351 |
| Publisher: |
PRESIDIO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 February, 2004 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
A Marine survivor of the 1968 Siege of Khe Sanh describes the efforts of the 26th Marine Regiment to fend off a force of twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers who surrounded and cut off the base at Khe Sanh. |
| Synopsis: |
John Corbett was just eighteen years old when he was ordered, with his 26th Marine Regiment, to holding positions on the strategic hills overlooking the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Only days later they were surrounded by some twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers, outnumbering the American Marines by seven to one. What followed, was one of the bloodiest and most prolonged battles fought by the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War - the epic siege of the Khe Sanh. This dramatic first-hand account takes the reader to the heart of combat revealing in vivid detail what it was like to caught up in this infamous battle. Rare insight into one of the most brutal and costly battles in marine history Written by combat veteran Based on interviews of participants and contemporary documents |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Presidio Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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