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100 1 _aNolan, Keith William,
_d1964-
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtX3CPywGbXRKM4vw63Qq
245 1 4 _aThe magnificent bastards :
_bthe joint Army-Marine defense of Dong Ha, 1968 /
_cKeith William Nolan.
260 _aNovato, CA :
_bPresidio,
_c1994.
300 _axii, 380 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 369-371) and index.
505 0 _aScrub brush and sand dunes -- Piecemealed -- Fixed bayonets -- The second wave -- Magnificent bastards -- Nhi Ha.
520 _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.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bMarine Corps.
_bMarine Regiment, 4th.
_bBattalion, 2nd
_xHistory.
647 7 _2fast
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_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9HVwcPb3whDTtrg7b
648 7 _a1961-1975
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650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975
_xRegimental histories
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aMilitary campaigns.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01710190
650 7 _aRegimental histories.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01354209
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aNolan, Keith William, 1964-
_tMagnificent bastards.
_dNovato, CA : Presidio, 1994
_w(OCoLC)623917344
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