Con Thien : the Hill of Angels /

Con Thien : the Hill of Angels /

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Author / Creator:Coan, James P.
Imprint:Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 360 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam -- Con Thiền Mountain Region.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.
Con Thiền Mountain Region (Vietnam) -- History.
Vietnam -- Con Thiền Mountain Region.
Electronic books.
Personal narratives.
History.
Personal narratives -- American.
Personal narratives.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11159777
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ISBN:9780817381035
0817381031
9780817354459
081735445X
0817314148
9780817314149
0817314148
9780817314149
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Summary:A memoir/history of a much-beleaguered Marine outpost of the DMZ. Throughout much of 1967, a remote United States Marine firebase only two miles from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) captured the attention of the world's media. That artillery-scarred outpost was the linchpin of the so-called McNamara Line intended to deter incursions into South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army. As such, the fighting along this territory was particularly intense and bloody, and the body count rose daily.
Other form:Print version: Coan, James P. Con Thien. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004 0817314148 9780817314149
Standard no.:9780817314149
Table of Contents:
  • Roots of conflict
  • Before the Americans came
  • The generals
  • McNamara's wall
  • The DMZ war unfolds
  • Nguyen of the North versus PFC Jones
  • Setting the stage
  • The bloody month of May
  • Battle for Con Thien
  • DMZ invasion
  • Summer in hell
  • Buffalo
  • Running the gauntlet
  • General offensive, phase I
  • The "Thundering Third"
  • Into the valley of death
  • The siege
  • 3/9's turn in the barrel
  • Monsoon misery
  • Living in the "V" ring
  • The "Magnificent Bastards"
  • Kentucky
  • Winter battles : 1967-68
  • After Tet
  • Parting shots.

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