THROUGH THE WIRE: ACTION WITH THE SAS IN BORNEO AND THE SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM by David Savage ( 9781864488685 )

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THROUGH THE WIRE: ACTION WITH THE SAS IN BORNEO AND THE SPECIAL FORCES IN VIETNAM

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1864488689

ISBN 13:

9781864488685

Publisher:

ALLEN & UNWIN

Pub. date:

1 March, 1999

Pages:

256

Description:

A graphic account of the major and very bloody battle at an outpost called Duc Lap involving members of the Australian Training Team in Vietnam and their American equivalents.

Synopsis:

The United States Special Forces, the Green Berets, were often regarded as the elite of the American forces and their mobile strike force, the 'Mike Force', was considered the elite of these Special Forces. During the Vietnam War, the Mike Force performed an SAS-type role by working with and training Vietnamese mercenaries--the Montagnards. David Savage was one of a select group of Australians who served with the Mike Force in Vietnam. This book gives the first graphic account of the major battle at Duc Lap in which the Mike Force and the Montagnard mercenaries stopped a large North Vietnamese Regular Army offensive in August 1968. Mortar barrels and machine gun breeches glowed cherry red as they fought off human wave assaults by the North Vietnamese. All the while, they hoped that reinforcements would arrive in time to prevent the outpost being overrun. The US Army Official Historian described this battle as one of the major battles of the war and without doubt one of the most intense and furious. David Savage, an officer with the Australian SAS in Borneo, served with the Mike Force in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. Through the Wire details th

Illustrations:

4 maps, 10PHOTOS

Publication:

Australia

Imprint:

Allen & Unwin

Returns:

Non-returnable

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