Author Keith William Nolan is an acclaimed chronicler of the American soldier and marine in Vietnam. Here he recounts the 7th Marine Regiment and the 196th Brigade of the Army's "Americal" Division battle with North Vietnamese southwest of Da Nang in 1969. Nolan not only covers combat operations, but also reflects the larger issues of drug abuse, racism, and shifting morality in American society.
Chapter 1: You Could Feel the Ghosts
Chapter 4: What Marines Do Best
Chapter 5: Hounds Too Fast on the Hunt
Chapter 8: Hot CA Into AK Valley
Chapter 10: I Am Sorry, Sir, But My Men Refused To Go
Chapter 15: The Lost Battalion
Chapter 19: And, Finally, Rendezvous