Road of 10,000 pains : the destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S. Marines, 1967 / Otto J. Lehrack ; foreword by Alfred M. Gray, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehrack, Otto J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Que Son Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1967.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st--History.

United States.

Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Quan oi. Su oan 2--History.

Vietnam (Democratic Republic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Other Title:

Road of ten thousand pains

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Zenith Press : MBI Pub. Co., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Oh, yes, " a retired NVA officer matter-of-factly declared to former U.S. Marine Otto J. Lehrack. "In the Que Son Valley in 1967, we killed more Americans than at any time or place during the war." Road of 10, 000 Pains, which takes its name from The Iliad, is an epic oral history of Vietnam's bloodiest campaign, fought for seven months in a series of battles, most within four miles of each other, along Route 534. In October 1967, orders came down to the 2nd North Vietnamese Army Division commanding them to join with local Viet Cong units and seize the city of Da Nang in the coming Tet Offensive. When the time came, the division was so battered from its seven-month campaign in the Que Son Valley that it failed to carry out its mission. Only one platoon was to make it inside the city limits of Da Nang. Had it not been for the violent struggles in the valley, Da Nangmay have suffered the same fate as the city of Hue.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Foxtrot to Destiny""; ""2 Bald Eagle""; ""3 Deadly as a Flytrap""; ""4 Foxtrot""; ""5 Hot Pursuit""; ""6 Soldiers from the Sea""; ""7 Union I: The Battle for Hill 110""; ""8 Dangerous When Cornered""; ""9 Between the Unions""; ""10 Union II: The Enemy Strikes Back""; ""11 Desperate Delta""; ""12 Captain Graham�s Last Stand""; ""13 Operation Adair: The Two-Platoon Fight""; ""14 Pike and Cochise""; ""15 Operation Swift: Desperate Delta Again""

""16 Life and Death on a Very Small Knoll""""17 The Fight for Hill 43""; ""18 The Second Battle at Vinh Huy""; ""19 The Hotel Fight""; ""20 Golf and Hotel: Essex End Game""; ""21 Mike Company Fights Again""; ""22 Victory""; ""23 Parting Shots""; ""Afterword: Debunking Myths about Vietnam""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Appendix: Awards for the Que Son Valley Campaign""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""X""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""

""I""""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781610600743

1610600746