Hill 488 (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
For some, Hill 488 was just another landmark in the jungles of Vietnam. For the eighteen men of Charlie Company, it was a last standthis is the stirring combat memoir written by Ray Hildreth, one of the unit's survivors.
On June 13, 1966, men of...
On June 13, 1966, men of...
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For some, Hill 488 was just another landmark in the jungles of Vietnam. For the eighteen men of Charlie Company, it was a last standthis is the stirring combat memoir written by Ray Hildreth, one of the unit's survivors.
On June 13, 1966, men of the 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division were stationed on Hill 488. Before the week was over, they would fight the battle that would make them the most highly decorated small unit in the entire history of the U.S. military, winning a Congressional Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, thirteen Silver Stars, and eighteen Purple Heartssome of them posthumously.
During the early evening of June 15, a battalion of hardened North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Congoutnumbering the Americans 25-to-1threw everything they had at the sixteen Marines and two Navy corpsmen for the rest of that terror-filled night. Every man who held the hill was either killed or wounded defending the ground with unbelievable courage and unflagging determinationeven as reinforcements were on the way.
All they had to do was make it until dawn...
On June 13, 1966, men of the 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division were stationed on Hill 488. Before the week was over, they would fight the battle that would make them the most highly decorated small unit in the entire history of the U.S. military, winning a Congressional Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, thirteen Silver Stars, and eighteen Purple Heartssome of them posthumously.
During the early evening of June 15, a battalion of hardened North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Congoutnumbering the Americans 25-to-1threw everything they had at the sixteen Marines and two Navy corpsmen for the rest of that terror-filled night. Every man who held the hill was either killed or wounded defending the ground with unbelievable courage and unflagging determinationeven as reinforcements were on the way.
All they had to do was make it until dawn...
Autoren-Porträt von Ray Hildreth, Charles W. Sasser
Charles W. Sasser is a twenty-nine-year retired veteran of the U.S. Army, an ex-Green Beret, a former war correspondent, Miami cop, and a Tulsa, Oklahoma, detective. In addition, he has written or co-written a number of books and novels on the Vietnam War, including One Shot -- One Kill, The Walking Dead, and First Seal, all available from Pocket Books.
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- Autoren: Ray Hildreth , Charles W. Sasser
- 2010, 384 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- ISBN-10: 1451604300
- ISBN-13: 9781451604306
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2010
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