A Day in Hell on the DMZ

A Day in Hell on the DMZ
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9781476688398
ISBN-13 : 1476688397
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Book Synopsis A Day in Hell on the DMZ by : Lou Pepi

Download or read book A Day in Hell on the DMZ written by Lou Pepi and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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