The crouching beast: a United States Army lieutenant's account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969
"The book describes my first seven months in Viet Nam, as a platoon leader in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry. The first part of the book deals with the routine tactics, unending work, misery and occasional hilarity of infantry life The bulk of the book, however, deals with...
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Jefferson [u.a.]
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2013
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The book describes my first seven months in Viet Nam, as a platoon leader in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry. The first part of the book deals with the routine tactics, unending work, misery and occasional hilarity of infantry life The bulk of the book, however, deals with two events, within three weeks"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index The mountains of Viet Nam -- Firebase Helen -- The first patrol -- Mud is the universal constant -- The poor guys in Korea -- The Tiger Dines -- Black Jack -- Firebase Barbara -- Firebase Brick -- Firebase Rakkasan: Abbot's tale -- March madness -- Dickson's shining moment -- Father Haney's lament -- Dennis Helms, Bravo One Six Romeo -- The banana tree -- The Rao Trang -- Zeus frowns -- The crater -- Death dance of the ghost riders -- Welcome to the 6th NVA Regimental Hq -- The body bags -- Rescued by the gnome -- Black Jack's seminar -- Firebase airborne -- Sergeant Samuel Wright RA -- Palace guard -- The broken strap -- The travail of Bravo Four Six -- The clearing -- The book of Myles Westman -- Feeling our way -- Sanguis Agni -- Logan's run -- The bamboo corridor -- Charlie's Ridge -- Fratricide -- The number seventeen -- The stain -- The storm -- The naked beast |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 463 S. Ill. 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780786474394 0786474394 |
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| spelling | Boccia, Frank Verfasser aut The crouching beast a United States Army lieutenant's account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969 Frank Boccia Jefferson [u.a.] McFarland 2013 VII, 463 S. Ill. 26 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index The mountains of Viet Nam -- Firebase Helen -- The first patrol -- Mud is the universal constant -- The poor guys in Korea -- The Tiger Dines -- Black Jack -- Firebase Barbara -- Firebase Brick -- Firebase Rakkasan: Abbot's tale -- March madness -- Dickson's shining moment -- Father Haney's lament -- Dennis Helms, Bravo One Six Romeo -- The banana tree -- The Rao Trang -- Zeus frowns -- The crater -- Death dance of the ghost riders -- Welcome to the 6th NVA Regimental Hq -- The body bags -- Rescued by the gnome -- Black Jack's seminar -- Firebase airborne -- Sergeant Samuel Wright RA -- Palace guard -- The broken strap -- The travail of Bravo Four Six -- The clearing -- The book of Myles Westman -- Feeling our way -- Sanguis Agni -- Logan's run -- The bamboo corridor -- Charlie's Ridge -- Fratricide -- The number seventeen -- The stain -- The storm -- The naked beast "The book describes my first seven months in Viet Nam, as a platoon leader in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry. The first part of the book deals with the routine tactics, unending work, misery and occasional hilarity of infantry life The bulk of the book, however, deals with two events, within three weeks"-- Boccia, Frank United States / Army / Biography Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Hamburger Hill, Battle of, Vietnam, 1969 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 / Personal narratives, American Soldiers / United States / Biography Vietnamkrieg Schlacht am Hamburger Hill (DE-588)1064558909 gnd rswk-swf Soldat (DE-588)4055409-0 gnd rswk-swf Vietnamkrieg (DE-588)4063516-8 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content (DE-588)4133254-4 Erlebnisbericht gnd-content USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Soldat (DE-588)4055409-0 s Vietnamkrieg (DE-588)4063516-8 s Schlacht am Hamburger Hill (DE-588)1064558909 s Geschichte z DE-604 |
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| title | The crouching beast a United States Army lieutenant's account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969 |
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