The Bridge at Dong Ha (Bluejacket Books) - Softcover

Miller, John Grider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155750587X ISBN 13: 9781557505873

Verlag: Naval Institute Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Miller John Grider

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Reseña del editor:

This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April 1972. Told by a fellow Marine, the account lays bare Ripley's innermost thoughts as he rigged 500 pounds of explosives by hand-walking the beams beneath the bridge, crimped detonators with his teeth, and raced the burning fuses back to shore, thus saving his comrades from certain death.First published in 1989, the book has broad appeal as a riveting tale of adventure. But John Miller has taken this daring act of heroism beyond the specifics of time and place to provide new insights into the nature of war and warriors, characteristics that have remained unchanged for centuries and will remain valid for generations to come. It has been on the Marine Corps Commandant's recommended reading list since 1990. Newly illustrated by Col. Charles Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).

Biografía del autor:

John Grider Miller (1935-2009) was a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, who served as Managing Editor, of U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings and of Naval History.

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• Verlag: Naval Institute Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 155750587X
• ISBN 13: 9781557505873
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216