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Khe Sanh : siege in the clouds : an oral history

Hammel, Eric M., author

Overview

\"[In] January 1968, a U.S. Marine Corps force found themselves surrounded by the enemy in their hilltop base at Khe Sanh. The siege lasted for nearly three months and caught the attention of the world; for many it came to epitomize the conflict ... As two North Vietnamese Army divisions move to surround them, the vastly outnumbered U.S. Marines rush to strengthen their defenses at the isolated base and several nearby hilltop positions. The Communist forces repeatedly attack, are repeatedly repelled, and then dig in to take the American base by siege--the makings of a classic, modern set-piece strategy in which the defenders become bait to tie the attackers to fixed positions in which they can be pummelled and pulverized by American artillery and air support\"--Publisher description.

• Publisher: Casemate
• Subject: United States. Marine Corps History Vietnam War, 1961-1975. / Khe Sanh, 2nd Battle of, Vietnam, 1968. / Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American.
• ISBN: 9781612005904, 161200590X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DS557.8.K5 H36 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE