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Acclaimed historian Murphy begins with an account of the 173rd's first engagement with the North Vietnamese Army--when an entire company of paratroopers was nearly wiped out--and builds suspensefully to the savage, climatic battle for Hill 875. Original. (Military History)
atrogers
Posted May 7, 2012
Since I was in Dak To I tbought it was a very interesting book.
Brought back a lot of memories.
Anonymous
Posted November 8, 2011
Very good reading. PLATOON leader who survived hill 875 not historical (d company 2nd battalion) he was not wounded. I served with d company during this time.
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Overview
Brings together interviews with more than eighty survivors to recount one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War, the 1967 campaign in the mountains of Dak To, during which members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade found themselves caught up in a deadly struggle against overwhelming odds, often cut off from supplies, communications, and reinforcements.Acclaimed historian Murphy begins with an account of the 173rd's first engagement with the North Vietnamese Army--when an entire company of paratroopers was nearly wiped out--and builds suspensefully to the savage, climatic battle for Hill 875. Original. (Military History)