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The Magnifient Bastards by Keith William Nolan - ISBN: 9780891418610
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Throughout 1968, US Marine Corps units patrolled to the edge of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and manned combat outposts stretching from the Laotian border to the South China Sea in an effort to seal the demarcation line and prevent the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) from infiltrating large units into the south.

The Magnifient Bastards

The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968

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    448 pages

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    15 February 2008

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Summary

For readers of Vietnam War battle histories such as We Were Soldiers Once … and Young, Bury Us Upside Down and Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone.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. …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780891418610
ISBN-10:089141861X
Author:Keith William Nolan
Publisher:Presidio Press
Imprint:Presidio Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:15 February 2008
Weight:240g
Dimensions:175mm x 110mm
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About The Author

Keith William Nolan

Keith Nolan is acknowledged as the foremost chronicler of the Vietnam War. He is the author of many Vietnam War combat histories, including Battle for Hue- Tet 1968; The Battle for Saigon- Tet 1968; Death Valley- The Summer Offensive, I Corps, August 1969; Ripcord- Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970, and House to House- Playing the Enemy’s Game in Saigon, May 1968. Nolan lives near St. Louis, Missouri.

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