A Day in Hell on the DMZ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Day in Hell on the DMZ write by Lou Pepi. This book was released on 2022-08-12. A Day in Hell on the DMZ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At "zero dark thirty" on January 30, 1971, units of the U.S. Fifth Mechanized Division left their firebases along the DMZ heading west along Provincial Route 9. The mission, called Dewey Canyon II, was to reopen the road from Khe Sahn Air Base to the Laotian border, in support of a South Vietnamese invasion of Laos (doomed from the start) to cut off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Alpha Company of U.S. 61st Infantry performed commendably in keeping Route 9 open, with just one casualty killed by friendly fire. They returned to Firebase Charlie-2 in April, exhausted but hopeful--the Fifth would be leaving Vietnam in July. They patrolled the "western hills" through May as rocket attacks fell each evening. On the 21st, a direct hit on a bunker killed 30 of the 63 men inside--18 were from Alpha Co. This is their story, as told to Specialist Lou Pepi by members of his unit.
"My brothers have my back"
"My brothers have my back" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "My brothers have my back" write by Lou Pepi. This book was released on 2018-10-16. "My brothers have my back" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In November 1969, what Time Magazine called the "largest battle of the year" took place less than two miles from the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. Three companies of Task Force 1-61 met 2,000-3,000 North Vietnamese. American forces fought for two days, inflicting heavy casualties and suffering eight killed. Late on November 12, it became evident that the American position could be overrun. Alpha Company was airlifted in darkness to reinforce a small hill in the jungle. Three hours later, well past midnight, the Americans were attacked by 1,500 NVA. There was a twist: A secret Vietcong document captured near Saigon urged intense action before November 14 in anticipation of the Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstrations set for November 15 in many cities in America. The Vietcong planned to inflict a stunning defeat in "an effort to get the fighting in step with the peace marchers." The author, a member of Alpha Company who rode in on the last helicopter, offers unique insights into the story of the men who fought those three days in 1969.
Con Thien
Con Thien - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Con Thien write by James P. Coan. This book was released on 2004-08-10. Con Thien available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Con Thien is a memoir/history of a much-beleaguered Marine outpost of the DMZ Throughout much of 1967, a remote United States Marine firebase only two miles from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) captured the attention of the world’s media. That artillery-scarred outpost was the linchpin of the so-called McNamara Line intended to deter incursions into South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army. As such, the fighting along this territory was particularly intense and bloody, and the body count rose daily. Con Thien combines James P. Coan’s personal experiences with information taken from archives, interviews with battle participants, and official documents to construct a powerful story of the daily life and combat on the red clay bulls-eye known as "The Hill of Angels." As a tank platoon leader in Alpha Company, 3d Tank Battalion, 3d Marine Division, Coan was stationed at Con Thien for eight months during his 1967-68 service in Vietnam and witnessed much of the carnage. Con Thien was heavily bombarded by enemy artillery with impunity because it was located in politically sensitive territory and the U.S. government would not permit direct armed response from Marine tanks. Coan, like many other soldiers, began to feel as though the government was as much the enemy as the NVA, yet he continued to fight for his country with all that he had. In his riveting memoir, Coan depicts the hardships of life in the DMZ and the ineffectiveness of much of the U.S. military effort in Vietnam.
Hellcity
Hellcity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hellcity write by Macon Blair. This book was released on 2010. Hellcity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A detective sentenced to Hellcity for committing suicide is forced to investigate the cause of the Devil's strange behavior, but soon unearths a scandal that can undermine the Devil's power and start a war between humans and demons.
A Hundred Feet Over Hell
A Hundred Feet Over Hell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Hundred Feet Over Hell write by Jim Hooper. This book was released on 2015-03-15. A Hundred Feet Over Hell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Hundred Feet Over Hell is the story of a handful of young pilots taking extraordinary risks to support those on the ground. Flying over Vietnam in two-seater Cessnas, they often made the difference between a soldier returning alive to his family or having the lonely sound of “Taps” played over his grave. Based on extensive interviews, and often in the men’s own words, A Hundred Feet Over Hell puts the reader in the plane as this intrepid band of U.S. Army aviators calls in fire support for the soldiers and marines of I Corps.
