The 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam: Unparalleled and Unequaled

by Ira A. Hunt Jr.

Of all the military assignments in Vietnam, perhaps none was more challenging than the defense of the Mekong River Delta region. Operating deep within the Viet Cong--controlled Delta, the 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was charged with protecting the area and its population against Communist insurgents and ensuring the success of the South Vietnamese government's pacification program. Faced with unrelenting physical hardships, a tenacious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813126479
• ISBN13: 9780813126470
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 5.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary