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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 01 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Gary Bennett. |
| Summary |
When the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) planned to send forty thousand troops to attack the six thousand US Marines at Khe Sanh in 1968, it expected a decisive victory. Certainly, the small US Special Forces camp in the way at Lang Vei would be quickly overcome. The tough, tenacious defenders at Lang Vei had other ideas. The two dozen US Army Green Berets and their four hundred tribesmen at Lang Vei gave the NVA such a monumental headache that they became known as the "Route 9 problem" all the way to the highest levels of the North Vietnamese government. Even the NVA's tanks-their first use in the war-couldn't completely defeat the stubborn US fighters. More than an intense, moment-by-moment description of the battle, Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei details the personal side-who these men were, how they got there, who was waiting for them back home. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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United States. Army. Special Forces -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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United States. Army. Special Forces -- Biography.
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Lang Vei, Battle of, Vietnam, 1968 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
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Làng Vây (Vietnam) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Bennett, Gary.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Route Nine problem |
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Battle for Lang Vei |
| ISBN |
9781094216171 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1094216178 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14321781 |
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