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Kontum - The Battle to Save South Vietnam (Hardcover)
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Kontum - The Battle to Save South Vietnam (Hardcover)
Series: Battles and Campaigns
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In the spring of 1972, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in what
became known as the Easter Offensive. Almost all of the American
forces had already withdrawn from Vietnam except for a small group
of American advisers to the South Vietnamese armed forces. The 23rd
ARVN Infantry Division and its American advisers were sent to
defend the provincial capital of Kontum in the Central Highlands.
They were surrounded and attacked by three enemy divisions with
heavy artillery and tanks but, with the help of air power, managed
to successfully defend Kontum and prevent South Vietnam from being
cut in half and defeated. Although much has been written about the
Vietnam War, little of it addresses either the Easter Offensive or
the Battle of Kontum. In Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam,
Thomas P. McKenna fills this gap, offering the only in-depth
account available of this violent engagement. McKenna, a U.S.
infantry lieutenant colonel assigned as a military adviser to the
23rd Division, participated in the battle of Kontum and combines
his personal experiences with years of interviews and research from
primary sources to describe the events leading up to the invasion
and the battle itself. Kontum sheds new light on the actions of
U.S. advisers in combat during the Vietnam War. McKenna's book is
not only an essential historical resource for America's most
controversial war but a personal story of valor and survival.
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