Ripcord : Screaming Eagles under siege, Vietnam 1970 / Keith W. Nolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nolan, Keith William, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Regimental histories--United States.

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 447 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Novato, CA : Presidio, [2000]

Summary:

Long overshadowed by the massive U.S. invasion of Cambodia, the story of life and death at Fire Base Ripcord is as dramatic as that of the nearby battle of Hamburger Hill a year earlier. 32 photos. 3 maps.

Contents:

Part 1 A Bad Beginning 17

1. Incoming 19

2. Rube's Roost 24

3. Stay Alert, Stay Alive 34

4. Hell Night 46

5. Picking Up the Pieces 58

Part 2 What Came Before 63

6. Two Strikes and a Walk 65

7. Dinks in the Wire 82

8. The Forever War 97

Part 3 An Escalating Situation 121

9. Cat 'n Mouse 123

Part 4 Hill 1000 145

10. First Blood 147

11. Fighting the Good Fight 154

12. Hitting the Wall 168

13. Sideshow 175

14. Another Try 184

15. Guillotine 200

Part 5 Maximum Pressure 207

16 Into the Fray 209

17. Holding the High Ground 223

18. Piling On 237

19. Regrouping 253

20. To What End 269

Part 6 Siege 279

21. One Long, Mad Minute 281

Part 7 The Storm 315

22. Behind Enemy Lines 317

23. Wrong Place, Wrong Time 326

24. Rethinking the Problem 354

25. Kill or Be Killed 359

26. The Evacuation 375.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-437) and index.

ISBN:

0891416420

OCLC:

43694445