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Title: This book has a riveting account of the Battle of Dak To
Review: I was enthralled by this account.I was in Viet nam in 1968. What happened to the 173rd at Dak To was known mythically, although the details were not. I was in the area several months after the battle. Besides the rugged terrain, it was the most fortified area I ever saw in Viet Nam. It seemed no more than several hundred yards between bunker lines in the jungle. It was frightening to think of the damage that could have been done to my unit if they had been manned. The book describes firefights that happened before the battle that were reminicient of my own experiences. But, once the assault on hill 875 begins I found it imposible to put the book down. It is a gripping depiction of events. This is the best description of actual combat in Viet Nam that I have ever read. This has to stand along side DISPATCHES and 365 DAYS as one of the true classics to come out of that war.
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