Bibliograph

Route 9 problem, the battle for Lang Vei

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Route 9 problem, the battle for Lang Vei

Language

eng

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Main title

Route 9 problem

Sub title

the battle for Lang Vei

Summary

When the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) planned to send forty thousand troops to attack the six thousand US Marines at Khe Sanh in 1968, it expected a decisive victory. Certainly, the small US Special Forces camp in the way at Lang Vei would be quickly overcome. The tough, tenacious defenders at Lang Vei had other ideas. The two dozen US Army Green Berets and their four hundred tribesmen at Lang Vei gave the NVA such a monumental headache that they became known as the "Route 9 problem" all the way to the highest levels of the North Vietnamese government. Even the NVA's tanks-their first use in the war-couldn't completely defeat the stubborn US fighters. More than an intense, moment-by-moment description of the battle, Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei details the personal side-who these men were, how they got there, who was waiting for them back home

Target audience

adult

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Route Nine problemBattle for Lang Vei

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