Con Thien the Hill of Angels - Coan, James P. (University of Alabama Press, 2004)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index
Roots of conflict -- Before the Americans came -- The generals -- McNamara's wall -- The DMZ war unfolds -- Nguyen of the North versus PFC Jones -- Setting the stage -- The bloody month of May -- Battle for Con Thien -- DMZ invasion -- Summer in hell -- Buffalo -- Running the gauntlet -- General offensive, phase I -- The "Thundering Third" -- Into the valley of death -- The siege -- 3/9's turn in the barrel -- Monsoon misery -- Living in the "V" ring -- The "Magnificent Bastards" -- Kentucky -- Winter battles : 1967-68 -- After Tet -- Parting shots
A memoir/history of a much-beleaguered Marine outpost of the DMZ. Throughout much of 1967, a remote United States Marine firebase only two miles from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) captured the attention of the world's media. That artillery-scarred outpost was the linchpin of the so-called McNamara Line intended to deter incursions into South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army. As such, the fighting along this territory was particularly intense and bloody, and the body count rose daily