Force Recon Command: 3rd Force Recon Company in Vietnam, 1969-70
- ISBN-10
- 0307801349
- ISBN-13
- 9780307801340
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-07-27
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Author
- Alex Lee
Description
THE A SHAU VALLEYWHERE THE NVA WAS KING . . . In order to prevent surprise attacks on U.S. forces as they were pulling out of Vietnam, someone had to be able to pinpoint the NVA's movements. That dangerous job was the assignment of then-major Alex Lee and the Marines of the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company when he assumed command in late 1969. They became the tip of the spear for Lt. Gen. Herman Nickerson's III MAF. And each time one of Lee's small, well-motivated, well-led, and wildly outnumbered teams was airlifted into the field, the men never knew if the day would end violently. But whether tracking NVA movements, recovering downed air crews, or making bomb-damage assessments after B-52 strikes, Major Lee's Few Good Men never forgot who they were: Each of them was in Vietnam to live like a Marine, win like a Marine, and, if need be, die like a Marine. Forthright and unabashed, Lieutenant Colonel Lee leaves no controversy untouched and no awe-inspiring tale untold in this gripping account of 3rd Force Recon's self-sacrifice and heroic achievement in the face of overwhelming odds.
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Other editions
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- 1996-09-30
- 348 pages
- Paperback
- Ballantine Books
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- 1995
- - pages
- Paperback
- US Naval Institute Press
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