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CONTENTS List of Maps vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Why 1 2 The Transition 7 3 Arrival 15 4 The Rockpile 29 5 A Mountaintop Experience 47 6 The Ambushes 60 7 Dong Ha 82 8 Con Thien 97 9 Fix Bayonets 135 10 Camp Carroll 151 11 R&R 166 12 Tet 175 13 Ca Lu 185 14 Khe Sanh 201 15 LZ Torch 217 16 The Repose 243 17 The Final Days 247 Afterword 261 Glossary of Military Terms and Acronyms 263 Index 267 Photographs follow page 126 vi CONTENTS ...

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