The First Battle Operation Starlite and the Beginning of the Blood Debt in Vietnam

✍ Scribed by Lehrack, Otto

• Book ID: 108591154
• Publisher: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1932033270

✦ Synopsis

The First Battle is a graphic account of the first major clash of the Viet Nam War. On August 18, 1965, regiment fought regiment on the Van Tuong Peninsula near the new Marine base at Chu Lai. On the American side were three battalions of Marines under the command of Colonel Oscar Peatross, a hero of two previous wars. His opponent was the 1st Viet Cong Regiment commanded by Nguyen Dinh Trong, a veteran of many fights against the French and the South Vietnamese. Codenamed Operation Starlite, this action was a resounding success for the Marines and its result was cause for great optimism about America's future in Viet Nam.

Those expecting a book about Americans in battle will not be disappointed by the detailed descriptions of how the fight unfolded. Marine participants from private to colonel were interviewed during the book's research phase. The battle is seen from the mud level, by those who were at the point of the spear. But this is not just another war story told...