TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chambers,Larry
TI  - Death in the A Shau Valley: L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-70 
SN  - 0804115753
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Ivy Books
KW  - Chambers, Larry,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Infantry Regiment, 75th
KW  - Company L
KW  - History
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Reconnaissance operations, American
KW  - Commando operations
KW  - Regimental histories
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - A Shau Valley (Vietnam)
N2  - 'The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates.' Larry Chambers was still new to Vietnam in early 1969 when the LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division became L Company, 75th (Rangers). But his unit's mission stayed the same: act as the eyes and ears of the 101st deep in the dreaded A Shau Valley--where the NVA ruled. Relentless thick fog frequently made fighter bombers useless in the A Shau, and the enemy had furnished the nearby mountaintops with antiaircraft machine guns to protect the massive trail network that snaked through it. So, outgunned, outmanned, and unsupported, the teams of L Company executed hundreds of courageous missions. Now, in this powerful personal record, Larry Chambers recaptures the experience of the war's most brutal on-the-job training, where the slightest noise or smallest error could bring sudden--and certain--death
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