02836cam a2200385 a 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036010001700077015001900094020001500113020001800128020001800146020001500164035003700179040002400216043002100240050001700261100009700278245010300375260003500478300008200513336002600595504006700621505011800688520112300806610008301929647009302012648002002105650006502125650005002190650005202240655003902292776011902331ocm29752876 OCoLC20241127120326.0940111s1994    cauabf   b    001 0 eng    a   94000287   aGB95372492bnb  a0891414851  a9780891414858  a9780891418610  a089141861X  a(OCoLC)29752876z(OCoLC)60233694  bengcGAFCSC LIBRARY  aa-vt---an-us---00aDS558.4bN711 aNolan, Keith William,d1964-1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtX3CPywGbXRKM4vw63Qq14aThe magnificent bastards :bthe joint Army-Marine defense of Dong Ha, 1968 /cKeith William Nolan.  aNovato, CA :bPresidio,c1994.  axii, 380 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations, maps ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 369-371) and index.0 aScrub brush and sand dunes -- Piecemealed -- Fixed bayonets -- The second wave -- Magnificent bastards -- Nhi Ha.  a"On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines' Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as "the Magnificent Bastards," struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position. Yet the BLT 2/4 Marines defy the brutal onslaught. Pressing forward, America's finest warriors rout the NVA from their fortress-hamlets'often in deadly hand-to-hand combat. At the end of two weeks of desperate, grinding battles, the Marines and the infantry battalion supporting them are torn to shreds. But against all odds, they beat back their savage adversary. The Magnificent Bastards captures that gripping conflict in all its horror, hell, and heroism. "Superb ... among the best writing on the Vietnam War ... Nolan has skillfully woven operational records and oral history into a fascinating narrative that puts the reader in the thick of the action." 'Jon T. Hoffman, author of Chesty "Real and gripping ... combat with all the warts on." Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC (Ret.)"--The paperback edition.10aUnited States.bMarine Corps.bMarine Regiment, 4th.bBattalion, 2ndxHistory. 72fast0(OCoLC)fst014316641https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9HVwcPb3whDTtrg7b 7a1961-19752fast 0aVietnam War, 1961-1975xRegimental historieszUnited States. 7aMilitary campaigns.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01710190 7aRegimental histories.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01354209 7aHistory.2fast0(OCoLC)fst0141162808iOnline version:aNolan, Keith William, 1964-tMagnificent bastards.dNovato, CA : Presidio, 1994w(OCoLC)623917344