The Siege of Lz Kate: The Battle for an American Firebase in Vietnam

by Arthur G. Sharp

Book Overview

In the fall of 1969, a force of 150 Americans and their South Vietnamese allies were surrounded by 5,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers. This is the story of their desperate defense and against-all-odds escape.Details on the Americans' harrowing escape, which covered 2.5 miles of enemy-infested ground in five hours in the dark of nightExplains how the Americans were placed in this precarious position mere miles from the Cambodian borderWhat this battle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811713865
• ISBN13: 9780811713863
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"