Road of 10,000 Pains: The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S. Marines, 1967

by Otto Lehrack, Alfred Gray (Foreword by)

Overview

“Oh, yes,” a retired NVA officer matter-of-factly declared to former U.S. Marine Otto J. Lehrack. “In the Que Son Valley in 1967, we killed more Americans than at any time or place during the war.” Road of 10,000 Pains, which takes its name from The Iliad, is an epic oral history of Vietnam's bloodiest campaign, fought for seven months in a series of battles, most within four miles of each other, along Route 534. In October 1967, orders came down to the 2nd North Vietnamese Army Division commanding them to join with local Viet Cong units and seize the city of Da Nang in the coming Tet Offensive. When the time came, the division was so battered from its seven-month campaign in the Que Son Valley that it failed to carry out its mission. Only one platoon was to make it inside the city limits of Da Nang. Had it not been for the violent struggles in the valley, Da Nang may have suffered the same fate as the city of Hue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610600743
Publisher:	Zenith Press
Publication date:	04/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	917,318
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Otto Lehrack is a retired marine, two-tour Vietnam veteran, and the author of three books and many articles. Two of his books were Military Book Club Main Selections, and one of them won the Greene Prize awarded by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. He lives in Flushing, New York.

Otto Lehrack is a retired marine, two-tour Vietnam veteran, and the author of three books and many articles. Two of his books were Military Book Club Main Selections, and one of them won the Greene Prize awarded by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. He lives in Flushing, New York.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Maps

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1        Foxtrot to Destiny

Chapter 2        Bald Eagle

Chapter 3        Deadly as a Flytrap

Chapter 4        Foxtrot

Chapter 5        Hot Pursuit

Chapter 6        Soldiers from the Sea

Chapter 7        Union I: The Battle for Hill 110

Chapter 8        Dangerous When Cornered

Chapter 9        Between the Unions

Chapter 10      Union II: The Enemy Strikes Back

Chapter 11      Desperate Delta

Chapter 12      Captain Graham’s Last Stand

Chapter 13      Operation Adair: The Two-Platoon Fight

Chapter 14      Pike and Cochise

Chapter 15      Operation Swift: Desperate Delta Again

Chapter 16      Life and Death on a Very Small Knoll

Chapter 17      The Fight for Hill 43

Chapter 18      The Second Battle at Vinh Huy

Chapter 19      The Hotel Fight

Chapter 20      Golf and Hotel: Essex End Game

Chapter 21      Mike Company Fights Again

Chapter 22      Victory

Chapter 23      Parting Shots

Afterword       A Brief History of the Vietnam War

Acknowledgments

Appendix        Awards for the Que Son Valley Campaign

Notes

Glossary

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Road of 10,000 Pains is a very good book. And its author is not only a good writer, but a wise one who, having interviewed countless veterans of the fighting, provides the necessary narration that binds it together. His judiciously selected quotes make this account one of the best books about the Vietnam War to date.” —Leatherneck magazine

Editorial Reviews

“Road of 10,000 Pains is a very good book. And its author is not only a good writer, but a wise one who, having interviewed countless veterans of the fighting, provides the necessary narration that binds it together. His judiciously selected quotes make this account one of the best books about the Vietnam War to date.” —Leatherneck magazine

From the Publisher