Phase Line Green
The Battle for Hue, 1968
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2013
272 pages
978-1-61251-275-4 (ISBN)
Description
The bloody monthlong battle for the Citadel in Hue pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched North Vietnamese Army force. By official accounts it was a tactical and moral victory for the Marines and the United States. But here survivor Nicholas Warr describes with urgency and outrage the Marines' savage house-to-house fighting--ordered without air, naval, or artillery support by officers with no experience in that type of combat.
Sparing few in the telling, Warr's firsthand narrative tells of desperate Marine suicide charges and of the Marines' selfless devotion to their comrades. His riveting account of the most vicious urban combat since World War II offers an unparalleled view of how a small-unit commander copes with the conflicting demands and responsibilities thrust upon him by the enemy, his men, and the chain of command.
Sparing few in the telling, Warr's firsthand narrative tells of desperate Marine suicide charges and of the Marines' selfless devotion to their comrades. His riveting account of the most vicious urban combat since World War II offers an unparalleled view of how a small-unit commander copes with the conflicting demands and responsibilities thrust upon him by the enemy, his men, and the chain of command.
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Nicholas Warr grew up on a small farm in Oregon and attended Brigham Young University and the University of Oregon before enlisting, at the age of twenty, in the Marine Corps in June 1966. He attended OCS in Quantico, Virginia, and was commissioned in March 1967. This first assignment as a second lieutenant sent him to WestPac from November 1967 until December 1968. War was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for participation in Operation Hue City and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in March 1970. Today he enjoys a successful career in computer technology sales. He lives in Alpine, California with his wife, Pamela, and continues to work on writing projects.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One: A Conversation with a Dead Dog
- Chapter Two: The Longest Night
- Chapter Three: Lang Co Village: In the Eye of the Storm
- Chapter Four: Phu Bai Mess Hall Chow
- Chapter Five: Wading through Deep Shit
- Chapter Six: The Citadel
- Chapter Seven: Whiskey Boats on the Perfume River
- Chapter Eight: The Backdoor Approach
- Chapter Nine: Phase Line Green
- Chapter Ten: Coping with Disaster: A Dead Dog Day Afternoon
- Chapter Eleven: Life Is Renewed in the City of Death
- Chapter Twelve: The Return of Heavy Firepower
- Chapter Thirteen: Sniper's Lair
- Chapter Fourteen: The Night Movement
- Chapter Fifteen: Coke Bottle Glasses
- Chapter Sixteen: Prisoner of War
- Chapter Seventeen: The Effectiveness of Chemical Warfare
- Chapter Eighteen: Aftermath, and a Dying Pig
- Epilogue: Commanding Officer's Comments
- Index
- About the Author
