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100 1 Albracht, William,|eauthor.
245 10 Abandoned in hell|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]
|bthe fight for Vietnam's Fire Base Kate /|cCaptain
William Albracht (Ret.) and Captain Marvin J. Wolf (Ret.).
264 1 New York, New York :|bNAL Caliber,|c2015.
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520 2 "In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green
Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop
outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American
soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their
defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning,
three North Vietnamese Army regiments--some 6,000 men--
crossed the Cambodian border and attacked. Outnumbered
three dozen to one, Albracht's men held off repeated
ground assaults by communist forces with fierce hand-to-
hand fighting, air support and a dangerously close B-52
strike. For days, the NVA blanketed Kate in a rain of
rockets, mortars, artillery, machine guns, and small arms,
blocking efforts to resupply, reinforce, or evacuate the
outpost. Albracht continually exposed himself to enemy
fire to direct air strikes, to guide re-supply helicopters,
to distribute ammunition and water to his men, to retrieve
the dead and to rescue the wounded, often shielding men
with his own body. Wounded by rocket shrapnel, he refused
medical attention or evacuation. Exhausted from days
without sleep, he continued to rally his men to beat off
each new enemy attack. After five days, Kate's defenders
were out of ammo and water. Aerial resupply was suicidal,
and reinforcements were denied by military commanders who
had written off Kate. Albracht refused to surrender or die
in place. Refusing to allow his men to surrender, Albracht
led his troops, including many wounded, off the hill and
on a daring night march through enemy lines. Abandoned in
Hell is an astonishing memoir of leadership, sacrifice,
and brutal violence, a riveting journey into Vietnam's
heart of darkness, and a compelling reminder of the
transformational power of individual heroism. Not since
Lone Survivor and We Were Soldiers Once, And Young has
there been such a gripping and authentic account of
battlefield courage. Includes photos"--|cProvided by
publisher.
533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cPenguin Publishing
Group|d2015|nAvailable via World Wide Web.
600 10 Albracht, William|vSound recordings.
610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bSpecial Forces|xOfficers|vBiography
|vSound recordings.
650 0 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|vPersonal narratives, American
|vSound recordings.|vSound recordings.
650 0 Escapes|zVietnam|zCentral Highlands|xHistory|y20th century
|vSound recordings.|vSound recordings.
650 0 Soldiers|zUnited States|vBiography|vSound recordings.
|vSound recordings.
650 0 Heroes|zUnited States|vBiography|vSound recordings.|vSound
recordings.
650 0 Command of troops|vCase studies|vSound recordings.|vSound
recordings.
650 0 Courage|vCase studies|vSound recordings.|vSound
recordings.
651 0 Fire Base Kate (Vietnam)|vSound recordings.
655 7 Electronic audiobooks.|2local
700 1 Wolf, Marvin J.,|eauthor.
710 2 OverDrive, Inc.,|edistributor.
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