Con Thien: The Hill of Angels

by James P. Coan

Book Overview

A memoir/history of a much-beleaguered Marine outpost of the DMZ. Throughout much of 1967, a remote United States Marine firebase only two miles from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) captured the attention of the world's media. That artillery-scarred outpost was the linchpin of the so-called McNamara Line intended to deter incursions into South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army. As such, the fighting along this territory was particularly intense and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817314148
• ISBN13: 9780817314149
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"