The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
by Doug Stanton
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1476761914
- ISBN 13
- 9781476761916
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About This Item
Scribner, New York, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 313 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers, the harrowing, redemptive, and utterly unforgettable account of an American army reconnaissance platoon's fight for survival during the Vietnam War-whose searing experiences reverberate today among the millions of American families touched by this war. On a single night, January 31, 1968, as many as 100,000 soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked thirty-six cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to topple the government and dislodge American forces. Forty young American soldiers of an army reconnaissance platoon (Echo Company, 1/501) of the 101st Airborne Division and hailing from small farms, beach towns, and such big cities as Chicago and Los Angeles are suddenly thrust into savage combat, having been in-country only a few weeks. Their battles against both North Vietnamese Army soldiers and toughened Viet Cong guerillas are relentless, often hand-to-hand, and waged night and day across landing zones, rice paddies, hamlets, and dense jungle. The exhausting day-to-day existence, which involves ambushes on both sides, grueling gun battles, and heroic rescues of wounded comrades, forges the group into a lifelong brotherhood. The Odyssey of Echo Company is about the young men who survived this epic span, and centers on the searing experiences of one of them, Stanley Parker, who is wounded three times during the fighting. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781476761916. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9106. . 9781476761916
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9106
- Title
- The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
- Author
- Doug Stanton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1476761914
- ISBN 13
- 9781476761916
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- BZDB137 True War & Combat Stories, Asian History, History Of The Americas, Military History, Vietnam War, War & Defence Operations, Military Veterans, echo company Military & Warfare; United States; EAN: 9781476761916 Doug Stanton The Odysse
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