Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-399) and index.
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.
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.
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