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portada Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2003
Language
English
Pages
560
Format
Paperback
Weight
1
ISBN
0891418091
ISBN13
9780891418092
Edition No.
33385th
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Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970

Keith William Nolan (Author) · Presidio Press · Paperback

Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970 - Keith William Nolan

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Synopsis "Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970 "

soldier *Written by leading author of Vietnam combat histories On April 10, 1970, Hill 927 was occupied by troopers of the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. Fire-Support Base Ripcord was established as the first part of a campaign to push the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) out of the A Shau Valley, an operation that never really came to fruition as originally conceived. The ridge on which Ripcord would be built was seized in April 1970 but reverted to the NVA only three months later, on 23 July. Because of political considerations, division headquarters proved reluctant to be drawn into the kind of bloody slugging match that would have been required to push the enemy out of their entrenchments around Ripcord. Ripcord was the Screaming Eagles' last chance to do significant damage to the NVA in the A Shau Valley before the division was withdrawn from Vietnam and returned to the United States. At Ripcord, the enemy counterattacked with ferocity, using mortar and anti-aircraft fire to inflict heavy causalities on the units operating there. The battle lasted four and a half months and exemplified the ultimate frustration of the Vietnam War: the inability of the American military to bring to bear its enormous resources to win on the battlefield. In the end, the 101st evacuated Ripcord, leaving the NVA in control of the battlefield. Contrary to the mantra`We won every battle but lost the war', the United States was defeated at Ripcord. Now, at last, the full story of this terrible battle can be told.

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