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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Keith, Philip A.
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United States. Army. Armored Cavalry Regiment, 11th -- History.
United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 8th. Charlie Company.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Vietnam -- Tây Ninh.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Jungle warfare.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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Blackhorse riders : a desperate last stand, an extraordinary rescue mission, and the Vietnam battle America forgot / Philip Keith.
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Keith, Philip A.
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2012.
Subjects
United States. Army. Armored Cavalry Regiment, 11th -- History.
United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 8th. Charlie Company.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Vietnam -- Tây Ninh.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Jungle warfare.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
ISBN:
9780312681920 (hbk.) :
0312681925
Description:
xviii, 331 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Alpha Troop: men of iron, steeds of steel -- Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvalry -- Company C, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvalry -- "Humping jungle" -- One bad round can ruin your whole day... -- Firestorm -- Big brother is watching -- "Saddle up" -- Tough choices -- "Busting jungle" -- Angel of mercy -- Encouraging words -- Breakthrough -- "Commence fire!" -- Slugfest -- The high water mark -- "And that's all she wrote..." -- Battle of the senses -- Recall -- Appendix 1: Text of Presidential Obama's speech on October 20, 2009 -- Appendix 2: The Blackhorse Regiment, the 11th Armored Cavalry -- Appendix 3: The M-551 sheridan tank -- Appendix 4: The M-113 Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV).
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Documents the daring March 1970 campaign by the Blackhorse Regiment to rescue an infantry unit that was surrounded and outnumbered by Northern Vietnamese forces, and describes the thirty-year effort to formally commend their bravery.
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Hawaii State Library
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959.70434 Ke
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