Description
| Product ID: | 9781476688398 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Day in Hell on the DMZ |
| Subtitle: | The Rocket Attack on Firebase Charlie 2 in Vietnam, May 21, 1971 |
| Authors: | Author: Lou Pepi |
| Page Count: | 213 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Vietnam War, Vietnam, c 1970 to c 1980 |
| Description: | At ‘zero dark thirty’ on January 30, 1971, units of the US Fifth Mechanized Division left their firebases along the DMZ heading west along Provincial Route 9. The mission, called Dewey Canyon II, was to reopen the road from Khe Sahn Air Base to the Laotian border. This is their story, told firsthand by Specialist Lou Pepi. At "zero dark thirty" on January 30, 1971, units of the U.S. Fifth Mechanized Division left their firebases along the DMZ heading west along Provincial Route 9. The mission, called Dewey Canyon II, was to reopen the road from Khe Sahn Air Base to the Laotian border, in support of a South Vietnamese invasion of Laos (doomed from the start) to cut off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Alpha Company of U.S. 61st Infantry performed commendably in keeping Route 9 open, with just one casualty killed by friendly fire. They returned to Firebase Charlie-2 in April, exhausted but hopeful--the Fifth would be leaving Vietnam in July. They patrolled the "western hills" through May as rocket attacks fell each evening. On the 21st, a direct hit on a bunker killed 30 of the 63 men inside--18 were from Alpha Co. This is their story, as told to Specialist Lou Pepi by members of his unit. |
| Imprint Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-26 |