No Shining Armor The Marines at War in Vietnam

Name: No Shining Armor The Marines at War in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780700605347

ISBN-10: 0700605347

ISBN-13: 9780700605347

Edition: N/A

Authors: Otto J. Lehrack

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 6/29/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 426
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Maps and Illustrations


Preface


Dramatis Personae


Prologue: Vietnam Homecoming



Countering the Viet Cong: War against Gueirillas, 1965-1966



The Beginning: Camp Pendleton, California



To Okinawa



Protecting the Airfield: Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam



A Major Operation



The First Big One: Operation STARLITE



Operation Golden Fleece



The First Move North: Danang



Pacification



Relocation



A Troubled Alliance



A Chaplain Goes to War



Fighting the North Vietnamese: War against Professionals, 1966-1968



The Rockpile



Winter Action



Two New Lieutenants



Ripley and His Raiders



A Turbulent Easter



The First Battle of Khe Sanh



Rough Riders on Route Nine



Ca Lu



Ambush on Route Nine



Deja Vu: Ambush on Route Nine, September 1967



War along the Barrier



Improving the Supply System



Christmas at Cam Lo



Working with the ARVN



Alpha Three



Mike Company at Gio Linh



Kilo Company Ambush



A Sweet Little Ambush



Into the DMZ



Mike Company Ambush



Green Just Like the Rest of Us



Payback



The Day Martin Luther King, Jr., Was Shot



Bloody May



Dai Do



Brotherhood



Beyond Alpha Three



Another Marine's Chaplain



Unfamiliar Territory



After the Bombing Halt: War with One Hand Tied, 1968-1969



The Bombing Halt



Operation Taylor Common



An Erosion of Discipline



School Solution



The Beginning of the End: Troop Withdrawals



Operation Virginia Ridge



The Last Operation



Parting Shots


Appendix A. Passing in Review


Appendix B. Medals of Honor


Appendix C. Organization of Marine Infantry Units in Vietnam


Glossary


Bibliography


Index