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A true story set during the TET Offensive 1968. Have you ever wondered what it's like to go to war in an unarmed aircraft, with no armor protection and with the jungle below capable of hiding a thousand enemy soldiers armed with AK-47s, to be shot at and able to do very little about it other...

Commonly mistaken for the locally raised Viet Cong, the NVA was an entirely different force, conducting large-scale operations in a conventional war. Despite limited armour, artillery and air support, the NVA were an extremely politicized and professional force with strict control measures and leadership...

When the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) planned to send forty thousand troops to attack the six thousand US Marines at Khe Sanh in 1968, it expected a decisive victory. Certainly, the small US Special Forces camp in the way at Lang Vei would be quickly overcome. The tough, tenacious defenders at Lang...

This book is a memoir of 50 years flying helicopters in a variety of situations. Included are rescues, combat operations, mountain and off-shore flying, medical evacuations, flight instruction and numerous flight missions that require pushing the flight envelope to the maximum. Highlighted are Ben...

This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to the major types of military jet aircraft and helicopters flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Canadian Forces in the post-war jet-age. The handbooks in this series...

Of all the infantry small arms developed during World War II, one that generated the most interest was the German 'assault rifle', the StG 44 Sturmgewehr. This innovative weapon inspired the Soviet AK-47 in 7.62x39mm calibre. In the West, the NATO countries looked hard at new weapons to upgrade their...

Guarded by Soviet-made tanks, riddled with deep fortifications, commanded by regiments of well-equipped elite enemy troops, the Plei Trap Valley was called the superhighway of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. So confident of its invulnerability to U.S. assault were the North Vietnamese that they housed a major...

The bloody monthlong battle for the Citadel in Hue pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched North Vietnamese Army force. By official accounts it was a tactical and moral victory for the Marines and the United States. But here survivor Nicholas Warr describes with urgency and outrage the Marines' savage...

Der Vietnamkrieg - humane Katastrophe, politisches Desaster und lange nachhallendes Kapitel des Kalten Krieges. Kompakt und anschaulich analysiert vom bekannten Zeithistoriker Rolf Steininger. Robert McNamara, Verteidigungsminister unter den US-Präsidenten John F. Kennedy und Lyndon B. Johnson, nannte...

Elroy Parker IV grows up on the Silver Oaks Plantation a protected southern gentleman. Forced by tradition to join the Marine Corps, El enlists and goes to Viet Nam. This story reveals El's experiences during the war and the dire effects upon his return to Silver Oaks.  Family bias and intrigue, along with El's depression and ptsd, fill this story with profound realism.

"Morning was always a welcome sight to us. It meant two things. The first was that we were still alive. . . ." In 1967, death was the constant companion of the Marines of Hotel Company, 2/5, as they patrolled the paddy dikes, mud, and mountains of the Arizona Territory southwest of...

"Throughout training I kept having the thought, WELL, ALL THEY CAN DO IS KILL ME. It seemed to help."         SEALs are the world's toughest soldiers. Working in squads and platoons that make up SEAL teams, they are trained in everything from underwater demolition to high-altitude...

In February 1967, Air Force Lieutenant Vaughan arrived at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taiwan to begin 14 months as a C-130 Hercules pilot, airlifting supplies and troops throughout southeast Asia. Feeling well suited, Vaughan had volunteered for the duty, but little had he realized the pressure associated...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Hô Chi Minh et l’indépendance du Viêt Nam en moins d’une heure ! Adulé dans son pays, Hô Chi Minh occupe une place à part dans l’histoire vietnamienne. Poussé par un ardent désir de voir son pays indépendant et unifié, celui que...