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Marines

By: Bantam Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Illustrated History of Vietnam

Last Stocked on 6/13/2018

Product Info

Title
Marines
Publisher
Category
Author
Edwin Simmons
Publish Year
1987
Pages
158
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x.5"
NKG Part #
2147572709
Type
Softcover
Series
#1

Description

The Marines were the first combat troops into Vietnam and the last to leave. They bore an even greater proportion of the fighting in Vietnam than in any previous American war. Trained as an attacking force, the Marines in-country found themselves cast in an unfamiliar defensive role. Rapidly they adapted to this new type of counter-insurgency warfare - living up to their legendary fighting tradition in the hard-fought sieges of Khe Sanh and Con Thien and the bitter street battle for Hue.