The Battle at Ngok Tavak : a bloody defeat in South Vietnam, 1968 / Bruce Davies.

Collection type	Library
Author	Davies, Bruce, 1944-;
Call Number	959.7043394 D255b
Document type	Monograph
Year	2008.
Pagination	xx, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Publisher	Allen & Unwin,
Note	Includes index. Bibliography: p. 232-235. "In 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Forces Company, under the command of an Australian Army Captain, supported by a Marine artillery detachment, occupied an old French fort, on a hill known as Ngok Tavak. The circumstances of the battle that ensued, and the subsequent retreat from Ngok Tavak, left in their wake issues that cried out for resolution for decades after the event. A number of American bodies were left where they had fallen during the battle, and another American, the nephew of Katharine Hepburn, went missing. After speaking extensively to the battle survivors and loved ones of the American warriors, and searching through accounts from official reports that included Vietnamese documents, eyewitness statements and w ar diaries, Bruce Davies has pieced together the evidence that will bring resolution to the questions that still haunt many of those connected to the battle. A story that needed to be told for the veterans who survived and for those who did not, for their families and for the sake of history. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Cooper (Retd), Australian Infantry, South Vietnam 1971-72."--Provided by publisher.
Place made	Crows Nest, N.S.W.

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