Force Recon Command: A Special Marine Unit in Vietnam, 1969-1970

Lee, Lt. Col. Alex (ret)

ISBN 10: 1557505136 / ISBN 13: 9781557505132

Edité par Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1995

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First printing (which is scarce). Fine in a fine dustjacket.

N° de réf. du vendeur 007673

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Force Recon Command: A Special Marine Unit in Vietnam, 1969-1970
• Éditeur: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1557505136
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781557505132
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Vietnam War

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Synopsis

Book by Lee Alex

Présentation de l'éditeur

THE A SHAU VALLEYWHERE THE NVA WAS KING . . .
In order to prevent surprise attacks on U.S. forces as they were pulling out of Vietnam, someone had to be able to pinpoint the NVA's movements. That dangerous job was the assignment of then-major Alex Lee and the Marines of the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company when he assumed command in late 1969. They became the tip of the spear for Lt. Gen. Herman Nickerson's III MAF. And each time one of Lee's small, well-motivated, well-led, and wildly outnumbered teams was airlifted into the field, the men never knew if the day would end violently.
But whether tracking NVA movements, recovering downed air crews, or making bomb-damage assessments after B-52 strikes, Major Lee's Few Good Men never forgot who they were: Each of them was in Vietnam to live like a Marine, win like a Marine, and, if need be, die like a Marine.
Forthright and unabashed, Lieutenant Colonel Lee leaves no controversy untouched and no awe-inspiring tale untold in this gripping account of 3rd Force Recon's self-sacrifice and heroic achievement in the face of overwhelming odds.