Ride the Thunder A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph

Name: Ride the Thunder A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
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ISBN: 9781935071051

ISBN-10: 193507105X

ISBN-13: 9781935071051

Edition: 2009

Authors: Richard Botkin

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InRide the Thunder, Richard Botkin breaks new ground in telling the heroic story of a few American and Vietnamese Marines who fought brilliantly and turned the tide of the Vietnam War, only to have policymakers surrender the battlefield. Botkin recounts the exploits of the American Marines and their Vietnamese allies who were largely responsible for thwarting the North Vietnamese invasion of the northern portions of South Vietnam-known as the 'Easter Offensive of 1972' in the West3that was intended to bring the nation to its knees. These are the men who 'rode the thunder' and almost saved a nation. Botkin tells the story of Captain John Ripley's daring raid to destroy the Dong Ha Bridge;…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: WND Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Prologue


Red Tide


Drawing the Bamboo Curtain


Captain Ripley-Lima Six


Suicide Squeeze


Lima Company Moves Out


Ripley's Raiders


Little Bit of Heaven...and then Straight Back to Hell


The End of the Beginning


1968 Beginning of the End


Tet Offensive Opening Rounds


Hearts and Minds at Home


Forward Observer with Bravo 1/26


My Lai


Back to Vietnam


Back in the States


Going Back Over


King Kong Lives!


"Talk, Fight. Talk, Fight."


The Easter Offensive


One Link in the Chain


Their Finest Hour


"No Place for a Nice Jewish Boy..."


Easter Morning at Dong Ha


Easter Morning in Saigon


High Noon at Dong Ha


Ripley at the Bridge


A Four-Hour Eternity


The Ongoing View from Dong Ha


"We're about to be Bombed!"


Lonely Bull


Turley Faces MACV


Ongoing Action at Dong Ha


Second Lieutenant Nguyen Luong


Going Home


"Cease Fire"


Operation Homecoming


Operation Frequent Wind


Fall of Saigon


Reeducation


Binh Survives the Bamboo Gulag


American Dreams


Binh the American


Epilogue


Characters


Notes


Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations


Bibliography


Index