The Battle For Khe Sanh

Author : Gregg Jones
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306821400

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Last Stand at Khe Sanh by Gregg Jones Pdf

In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find themselves surrounded by 20,000 enemy troops. Their only road to the coast was cut, and bad weather and enemy fire threatened their fragile air lifeline. The siege of Khe Sanh-the Vietnam War's epic confrontation-was under way. For seventy-seven days, the Marines and a contingent of US Army Special Forces endured artillery barrages, sniper fire, ground assaults, and ambushes. Air Force, Marine, and Navy pilots braved perilous flying conditions to deliver supplies, evacuate casualties, and stem the North Vietnamese Army's onslaught. As President Lyndon B. Johnson weighed the use of tactical nuclear weapons, Americans watched the shocking drama unfold on nightly newscasts. Through it all, the bloodied defenders of Khe Sanh held firm and prepared for an Alamo-like last stand. Now, Gregg Jones takes readers into the trenches and bunkers at Khe Sanh to tell the story of this extraordinary moment in American history. Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the exceptional courage and brotherhood that sustained the American fighting men throughout the ordeal. It brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters-young high school dropouts and rootless rebels in search of John Wayne glory; grizzled Korean War veterans; daredevil pilots; gritty platoon leaders and company commanders; and courageous Navy surgeons who volunteered to serve in combat with the storied Marines. Drawing on in-depth interviews with siege survivors, thousands of pages of archival documents, and scores of oral history accounts, Gregg Jones delivers a poignant and heart-pounding narrative worthy of the heroic defense of Khe Sanh.

Author : Moyers S. Shore
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664619600

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The Battle for Khe Sanh by Moyers S. Shore Pdf

The Battle for Khe Sanh is a book by Moyers S. Shore. During the Vietnam War a battle was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Vietnam, and this work presents equipment and tactics of US forces and how they fought VC forces.

Author : Robert Pisor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Khe Sanh, 2nd Battle of, Vietnam, 1968
ISBN : 0393322696

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The End of the Line by Robert Pisor Pdf

It was the most spectacular battle of the entire war. For 6,000 trapped marines, it was a nightmare; for President Lyndon Johnson, an obsession. For General Westmoreland, it was to be the final vindication of technological weaponry. In a compelling narrative, Robert Pisor sets forth the history, the politics, the strategies, and, above all, the desperate reality of the battle that became the turning point of the United States's involvement in Vietnam.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782004615

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Khe Sanh 1967–68 by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration routes. In September 1966 a Marine battalion deployed into the area. Action gradually increased as the NVA attempted to destroy Free World Forces bases, and the siege of Khe Sanh proper began in October 1967. The bitter fight lasted into July 1968 when, with the changing strategic and tactical situation, the base was finally closed. This book details the siege and explains how, although the NVA successfully overran a Special Forces camp nearby, it was unable to drive US forces from Khe Sanh.

Author : Ronald J. Drez,Douglas Brinkley
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0821261967

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Voices of Courage by Ronald J. Drez,Douglas Brinkley Pdf

Offers a vivid narrative of the seventy-seven-day struggle to control the remote Khe Sanh base in Vietnam, during which a severely outnumbered and isolated group of Marines held off an enemy onslaught, in a multimedia history that features firsthand remin

Author : Moyers S. Shore
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547013716

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The Battle for Khe Sanh by Moyers S. Shore Pdf

The Battle for Khe Sanh is a book by Moyers S. Shore. During the Vietnam War a battle was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Vietnam, and this work presents equipment and tactics of US forces and how they fought VC forces.

Author : Moyers S. Shore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : UIUC:30112056465948

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The Battle for Khe Sanh by Moyers S. Shore Pdf

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846036712

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Khe Sanh 1967–68 by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration routes. In September 1966 a Marine battalion deployed into the area. Action gradually increased as the NVA attempted to destroy Free World Forces bases, and the siege of Khe Sanh proper began in October 1967. The bitter fight lasted into July 1968 when, with the changing strategic and tactical situation, the base was finally closed. This book details the siege and explains how, although the NVA successfully overran a Special Forces camp nearby, it was unable to drive US forces from Khe Sanh.

Author : Bruce B. G. Clarke
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461750932

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Expendable Warriors by Bruce B. G. Clarke Pdf

On January 21, 1968, nine days before the Tet Offensive, thousands of North Vietnamese regulars attacked the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh in remote northwestern South Vietnam, beginning a siege that ended seventy-seven days later in a tactical victory for the U.S. As a young U.S. Army officer serving with the Marines at the outpost, Bruce Clarke participated in the entire battle. His book combines firsthand experiences with archival research to describe the saga of Khe Sanh, which ended with the U.S.'s abandonment of the base, making it the heartbreaking and controversial symbol of American involvement in Vietnam.

Author : John Prados,Ray W. Stubbe
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Khe Sanh, 2nd Battle of, Vietnam, 1968
ISBN : 1591146968

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Valley of Decision by John Prados,Ray W. Stubbe Pdf

Author : John Prados,Ray W. Stubbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Khe Sanh, 1st Battle of, Vietnam, 1967
ISBN : UOM:39015024961784

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Valley of Decision by John Prados,Ray W. Stubbe Pdf

This military history of the Vietnam War uses official documents including US Government records and North Vietnamese Army material. It also draws on notes, personal letters, diaries and eye-witness accounts collected over 20 years by Ray W. Stubbe, nicknamed chaplain of Khe Sanh.

Author : United States Marine Corps
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4066338119292

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Small Wars Manual by United States Marine Corps Pdf

The Small Wars Manual is a manual on tactics and strategies for engaging in certain types of military operations created by the United States Marine Corps. The purpose of this work is sharing experience and preserving the achievements of tactics and organization of small wars, or different military operations of the United States in countries where government is "unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy" of the United States. The book starts with the definition of the term "small war" and continues into more than 500 pages on tactics, personnel structure, communication chain, transportation and logistics, military-civil relationship, psychological side of war, training, and support of native armed organizations and much more. The book is extremely interesting as a manual on tactics, whether it is used for a military operation or any other sort of massive campaign involving a large part of population, like elections. For example, it contains a chapter telling how to plan and organize legally the disarmament of local population. It tells what laws should be issued and what organizations form, what sort of personnel should be involved and what should be their roles. A reader will find guidelines on how to distribute and spare resources needed for a campaign, and how to properly cross a river in a dangerous area. Given the book's organization, structure and abundance of important information, covering different aspects of civil and military campaigns, this volume is a must-read for any person engaged in a state service or a student considering career in serving their country.

Author : Jobie Turner
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700634026

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Feeding Victory by Jobie Turner Pdf

A study of logistics problems and solutions from 18th century wars of empire to the Vietnam War.

Author : John Corbett
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780891418351

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West Dickens Avenue by John Corbett Pdf

In January 1968, John Corbett and his fellow leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment fortified a remote outpost at a place in South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Within days of their arrival, twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the deadliest fights of the Vietnam War—and one of the greatest battles in military history. Private First Class Corbett made do with little or no sleep for days on end. The enemy bombarded the base incessantly. Extremes of heat, cold, and fog added to the misery, as did all manner of wounds and injuries too minor to justify evacuation from frontline positions. The emotional toll was tremendous as the Marines saw their friends suffer and die every day of the siege. Corbett relates these experiences through the eyes of a twenty-year-old but with the mind and maturity of a man now in his fifties. His story of life, death, and growing up on the front lines at Khe Sanh speaks for all of the Marines caught up in the epic siege of the Vietnam War.

Author : Eric Hammel
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 161200590X

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Khe Sanh by Eric Hammel Pdf

In late 1967 as part of the Tet offensive, U.S. commanders hoped to lure the North Vietnamese Army into exposing large numbers of soldiers to their overwhelming air power. But 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. Eric Hammel's classic account is a vivid oral history, using the words of American fighting men caught up in the gruelling, deadly seventy-seven-day ordeal creates a harrowing tapestry of tragedy and triumph. 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. The gripping - and moving - narrative flows from the masterfully woven threads provided by nearly a hundred men who gallantly endured the wrenching all-out struggle to hold the combat base and its vulnerable outlying positions. Re-issued in the fiftieth anniversary year of the siege, with an updated photo section and maps, this is a ground-breaking and influential history of this crucial landmark battle.