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The Battle at Ngok Tavak by Bruce Davies
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The Battle at Ngok Tavak

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In May 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Forces Company under the command of an Australian army captain, supported by a U.S. Marine artillery detachment, occupied an old French fort on a hill known as Ngok Tavak. Though the ensuing battle and subsequent retreat appeared relatively insignificant, they proved to have much wider implications. Nearly every major force in South Vietnam was involved, and the battles bloody ending came to stand as a microcosm of what went wrong in the war. In its wake Ngok Tavak left issues that cried out for resolution for decades afterwards. After interviewing battle survivors and American soldiers families, and searching through accounts from official reports that included Vietnamese documents, eyewitness statements, and war diaries, Bruce Davies pieces together the evidence that puts Ngok Tavak in context and addresses questions that still haunt those involved.

Author Biography:

Australian Bruce Davies, recipient of foreign awards for valor and service in Vietnam and in 1977 appointed a Member of the British Empire for his military service, saw operational service in South Vietnam in part of every year between 1965 and 1970. He is coauthor, with Gary McKay, of The Men Who Persevered: The AATTV, the Most Highly Decorated Australian Unit of the Viet Nam War. Jack Shulimson is the former senior Vietnam historian and head of the Histories Section, U.S. Marine Corps and History Division.
Release date NZ
April 30th, 2009
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Foreword by Jack Shulimson
Illustrations
8 photos, 4 maps
Pages
262
Dimensions
150x226x20
ISBN-13
9780896726581
Product ID
3235881

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