Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News “A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself locked in mortal combat, facing tremendous odds against a professional, well-trained enemy hidden under triple-canopy jungle and deeply entrenched in fortified positions, bunkers, and tunnels. Edward F. Murray captures the conflict in all its horror and heroism in this graphic account drawn from letters, diaries, official reports, and interviews with more than eighty veterans of the campaign. Outmanned, exhausted, often cut off from supplies and communication, America’s “Sky Soldiers” battled back with incredible valor to rout the NVA in some of the fiercest combat of the entire Vietnam War. “Fast-paced . . . an impressive immediacy.”—Publishers Weekly |
Contents
CHAPTER 2 | 82 |
CHAPTER 4 | 108 |
CHAPTER 6 | 130 |
CHAPTER 7 | 174 |
CHAPTER 8 | 207 |
CHAPTER 11 | 228 |
CHAPTER 12 | 248 |
CHAPTER 13 | 273 |
CHAPTER 14 | 295 |
CHAPTER 15 | 324 |
The 503d in World War II | 345 |
Acknowledgments | 361 |
Other editions - View all
Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands Edward Murphy Limited preview - 2008 |
Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands Edward Murphy No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
173d Airborne Brigade 2d Platoon 4th Infantry 4th Infantry Division air strikes Alpha Company American ammo artillery ARVN attack Baird Baldridge bamboo battalion Bien Hoa Bodine bomb Bravo Bravo Company bunker Captain Leonard casualties Charlie Company chopper CIDG Colonel Johnson combat command Connolly crawled dead Dog Company enemy fire fight force grenades Harrison helicopter Hill hundred meters Infantry Division Jackley Japanese Jesmer jungle killed laager later Lieutenant Colonel Ligon Lindseth LRRP Major McElwain medevacs medic Milton moved Muldoon Nale nearly night North Vietnamese November O'Leary officer Okendo operations ordered Orona paratroopers Partain patrol perimeter platoon platoon leader position Private 1st Class Proffitt's pulled radio Regiment ridge rifle companies Rogan Schumacher Schweiter screamed Sergeant Severson Sky Soldiers sniper South Vietnam TF Black told trail tree Tuy Hoa U.S. Army unit w/OLC Weapons Platoon Welch Williamson wounded Zaccone