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

By Arthur G. Sharp

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 says about President Richard Nixon's Vietnamization policy

• 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"