TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nolan,Keith William
TI  - The magnificent bastards: the joint Army-Marine defense of Dong Ha, 1968 
SN  - 0891414851
AV  - DS558.4 N71
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Novato, CA
PB  - Presidio
KW  - United States
KW  - Marine Corps
KW  - Marine Regiment, 4th
KW  - Battalion, 2nd
KW  - History
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Regimental histories
KW  - Military campaigns
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-371) and index; Scrub brush and sand dunes -- Piecemealed -- Fixed bayonets -- The second wave -- Magnificent bastards -- Nhi Ha
N2  - "On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines' Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as "the Magnificent Bastards," struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position. Yet the BLT 2/4 Marines defy the brutal onslaught. Pressing forward, America's finest warriors rout the NVA from their fortress-hamlets'often in deadly hand-to-hand combat. At the end of two weeks of desperate, grinding battles, the Marines and the infantry battalion supporting them are torn to shreds. But against all odds, they beat back their savage adversary. The Magnificent Bastards captures that gripping conflict in all its horror, hell, and heroism. "Superb ... among the best writing on the Vietnam War ... Nolan has skillfully woven operational records and oral history into a fascinating narrative that puts the reader in the thick of the action." 'Jon T. Hoffman, author of Chesty "Real and gripping ... combat with all the warts on." Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC (Ret.)"--The paperback edition
ER  -