Fire Base Illingworth : an epic true story of remarkable courage against staggering odds
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Fire Base Illingworth : an epic true story of remarkable courage against staggering odds
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- Fire Base Illingworth : an epic true story of remarkable courage against staggering odds
- Title remainder
- an epic true story of remarkable courage against staggering odds
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip Keith
- Subject
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- United States, Army | Armored Cavalry Regiment, 11th
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts | Battles
- trueUnited States, Army | Cavalry Regiment, 8th | Charlie Company
- trueFire Base Illingworth, Battle of, Vietnam, 1970
- trueVietnam
- HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War
- Fire Base Illingworth, Battle of, Vietnam, 1970
- trueUnited States, Army | Armored Cavalry Regiment, 11th -- History
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- Vietnam War
- trueCourage in men
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueBattles
- United States, Army | Cavalry, 8th | Battalion, 2nd | Company C
- trueMilitary campaigns
- trueVietnam War, 1961-1975
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Fire Base Illingworth is an epic, never-before-told true story of a North Vietnamese Army attack and how the men of this nearly overrun Fire Base survived. In the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to over-run FSB Illingworth. The battle went on, mostly in the dark, for hours. Exposed ammunition canisters were hit and blew up, causing a thunderous explosion inside the FSB that left dust so thick it jammed the hand-held weapons of the GIs. Much of the combat was hand-to-hand. In all, twenty-four Americans lost their lives and another fifty-four were wounded. Nearly one hundred enemy bodies were recovered. It was one of the most vicious small unit firefights in the history of U.S. forces in Vietnam. As in his acclaimed book Blackhorse Riders, a finalist for the prestigious Colby Award, Phil Keith uncovers a harrowing true story of bravery and sacrifice by the men who fought valiantly to hold FSB Illingworth--a tale never-before-told and one that will not be soon forgotten"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 959.704/342
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS557.8.F57
- LC item number
- K45 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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