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Nine days in May : the battles of the 4th Infantry Division on the Cambodian border, 1967 / Warren K. Wilkins.
Van Pelt Library DS557.8.C3 W55 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkins, Warren, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 4th--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 4th.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Cambodia.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Military campaigns.
- History.
- Cambodia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Reconstructs the prolonged, deadly encounter between three American battalions and two North Vietnamese Army regiments. On May 18, 1967 the 4th Infantry Division engaged in a nine day series of bloody battles in the Ia Tchar Valley and the remote jungle west of Pleiku as part of Operation Francis Marion"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Steadfast and loyal
- Operation Francis Marion
- Toward the sound of the guns
- The lost platoon
- An indecent interlude
- Fourth Platoon-where are you?
- Picking up the pieces
- Night moves
- Can you hold?
- Into the fray
- The joint perimeter
- Winners and losers
- All hands on deck
- Happy Valley
- Braves always first
- Hill 521
- They're in the trees!
- Turning the tide.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-399) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806157153
- 0806157151
- OCLC:
- 959373141
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