Con Thien: The Hill of Angels

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CON THIEN CON THIEN THE H ILL OF A NGELS James P. Coan The University of Alabama Press • Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2004 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designer: Michele Myatt Quinn Typeface: ACaslon ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coan, James P. Con Thien : the Hill of Angels / James P. Coan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-1414-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Vietnamese Con®ict, 1961–1975—Vietnam—Con Thien Mountain Region. 2. Vietnamese Con®ict, 1961–1975—Personal narratives, American. 3. Con Thien Mountain Region (Vietnam)—History. I. Title. DS559.9.C66C63 2004 959.704′342—dc22 2004004302 To the U.S. Marines and Navy Corpsmen who sacri¤ced all of their tomorrows at Con Thien. They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. —Laurence Binyon, “For the Fallen” ...