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Days of Valor - An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
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Days of Valor - An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R314
Discovery Miles 3 140
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Days of Valor tells the story of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade,
a major combat unit of the US Army that served in the Vietnam War.
The brigade was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was sent out
to Vietnam in December 1966. In January 1968, the 199th were
conducting an operation in Bien Hoa Province, scouring the sector
for NVA personnel, when the Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive.
This sudden offensive caught the US Army completely by surprise.
The Viet Cong attacked all of the major cities in South Vietnam and
58 major towns. The Communist forces had considerable success in
Hueand Saigon. Armed with rockets, mortars, Chinese claymores,
mines, machine guns and AK-47s, the Viet Cong were able to force
the 199th onto the back foot. Many of the characters described in
this book did not make it home, and the narrative gives the reader
a vivid impression of what it must have been like to fight in this
horrific war. The author was a company commander during these
battles, and he has interviewed many of the soldiers of the 199th
who fought in this bloody conflict. Days of Valor is a
no-holds-barred account of the Tet Offensive, and reveals the
shocking reality of what young US soldiers faced. The Tet Offensive
was the turning point of the Vietnam War. It was a huge propaganda
victory for the Viet Cong, and the beginning of the end for the US
in Vietnam.
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