Death in the A Shau Valley : L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-70 / Larry Chambers.
Publisher: New York : Ivy Books, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998.Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0804115753
- Chambers, Larry, 1947-
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 75th. Company L -- History
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Reconnaissance operations, American
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Commando operations -- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
- A Shau Valley (Vietnam)
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| AM | PERPUSTAKAAN UNDANG-UNDANG | PERPUSTAKAAN UNDANG-UNDANG SBR-P.UNDANG-UNDANG | - | DS559.8.R43C484 1998 21 sbr (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00002183354 |
'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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