Hill Fights The First Battle of Khe Sanh

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At last, the full story of the first battle of Khe Sanh-from acclaimed Vietnam War historian Edward F. Murphy While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the earlier battles of Khe Sanh, also known as "the Hill Fights." Based on firsthand interviews and documentary research, The Hill Fights is the only complete account of the battles, their origins, and their aftermath. Murphy traces the bitter account of the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh from the battles' outset in 1966, revealing misguided decisions and strategies from above, and capturing in stark detail the chain of hill battles. But the Marines themselves supply the real grist of the story; it is their recollections that vividly re-create the atmosphere of desperation, bravery, and relentless horror that characterized their combat experience. Under fire, trapped in a hell of sudden death meted out by unseen enemies, they fought impossible odds with awesome courage and uncommon valor.